Comparison of two treatments for coxarthrosis: Local hyperthermia versus radio electric asymmetrical brain stimulation

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-206

  Castagna, Alessandro ^a   Rinaldi, Salvatore ^a,b   Fontani, Vania ^a   Mannu, Piero ^a   Margotti, Matteo Lotti ^a  

^a Rinaldi Fontani Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti aging; Coxarthrosis; Motor behavior; Radioelectric asymmetric brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; RADIO WAVES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80755143277     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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