Acupuncture for pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: A pilot study for an open parallel-arm randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lansdown, Harriet ^a   Howard, Katie ^a   Brealey, Stephen ^a   MacPherson, Hugh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Foundation for Research into Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AGED; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AGED; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72749126897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-130     Document Type: Article

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