Mixture of Arnebia euchroma and Matricaria chamomilla (Marhame-Mafasel) for pain relief of osteoarthritis of the knee - A two-treatment, two-period crossover trial

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 950-955

  Soltanian, Ali Reza ^a   Mehdibarzi, Dariush ^b   Faghihzadeh, Soghrat ^a   Naseri, Mohsen ^b   Gerami, Abbas ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Non compliance; Osteoarthritis; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MARHAME MAFASEL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARNEBIA EUCHROMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751538647     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2010.19307     Document Type: Article

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