Clinical and endocrinological changes after electro-acupuncture treatment in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

Pain

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 60-66

  Ahsin, Sadia ^a,b   Saleem, Salman ^c   Bhatti, Ahsin Manzoor ^d   Iles, Ray K ^b   Aslam, Mohammad ^a  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Cortisol; Electro acupuncture; Osteoarthritis; VAS; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449646233     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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