Pulsed shortwave treatment in women with knee osteoarthritis: A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1009-1017

  Fukuda, Thiago Yukio ^a   da Cunha, Ronaldo Alves ^a   Fukuda, Vanessa Ovanessian ^a   Rienzo, Fabio Albanez ^b   Cazarini Jr , Claudio ^a   Carvalho, Nilza de Almeida Aparecida ^a   Centini, Aline Almeida ^b  

^a Physical Therapy Department   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT-WAVE THERAPY;

EID: 80053098653     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100306     Document Type: Article

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