Efficacy of individualized chinese herbal medication in osteoarthrosis of hip and knee: A double-blind, randomized-controlled clinical study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-547

  Lechner, Matthias ^a,f   Steirer, Iva ^a   Brinkhaus, Benno ^b   Chen, Yun ^c   Krist Dungl, Claudia ^a   Koschier, Alexandra ^a   Gantschacher, Martina ^d   Neumann, Kurt ^e   Zauner Dungl, Andrea ^a  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Beijing Fangshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital   (China)

^d SIGMUND FREUD UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e VISEM Vienna School of Evidence Based Medicine   (Austria)

^f NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WOMAC GLOBAL INDEX;

EID: 79958212518     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0602     Document Type: Article

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