Short-term efficacy of low-level laser therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized placebocontrolled, double-blind clinical trial;EficáCia a curto prazo do laser de baixa intensidade em pacientes com osteoartrite do joelho: Ensaio clínico aleatório, placebo-controlado e duplo-cego

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 526-533

  Fukuda, Vanessa Ovanessian ^a   Fukuda, Thiago Yukio ^a   Guimarães, Márcio ^a   Shiwa, Silvia ^a   Del Cor De Lima, Bianca ^a   Martins, Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão Lopes ^b   Casarotto, Raquel Aparecida ^b   Alfredo, Patrícia Pereira ^b   Bjordal, Jan Magnus ^c   Fucs, Patrícia Maria Moraes Barros ^a  

^a Saõ Paulo Santa Casa Hospital   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exercise Therapy; Laser Therapy, Low Level; Osteoarthritis, Knee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856038590     PISSN: 01023616     EISSN: 19824378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-36162011000500008     Document Type: Article

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