Immediate effects of acupuncture on gait patterns in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-172

  Lu, Tung Wu ^a   Wei, I Pin ^b   Liu, Yen Hung ^a   Hsu, Wei Chun ^a   Wang, Ting Ming ^a   Chang, Chu Fen ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Gait analysis; Osteoarthritis, knee; Pain relief

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING SPEED;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76549099611     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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