Acupuncture as an adjuvant modality with physical therapy for patients with knee osteoarthritis

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Galantino, Mary Lou ^a   Sowers, Kerri ^a,c   Kelly, Martin ^b   Mao, Jun ^b   LaRiccia, Patrick ^b   Farrar, John ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Osteoarthritis; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953449262     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2008.0661     Document Type: Article

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