Complementary and alternative medicine for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: An overview of systematic reviews

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Posadzki, Paul ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Effectiveness; Meta analysis; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; VALDECOXIB;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDITATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; UNCARIA; UNCARIA GUIANEN; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA; YOGA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDITATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RELAXATION THERAPY;

EID: 81155148172     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0227-x     Document Type: Review

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