Additional effect of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy on knee osteoarthritis treatment: A randomized, placebo-controlled study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 927-931

  Özgüçlü, Erkan ^a   Çetin, Alp ^a   Çetin, Meral ^a   Calp, Emel ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Knee; Osteoarthritis; Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXERCISE; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 77956262526     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1453-z     Document Type: Article

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