Massage therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: A randomized dose-finding trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Perlman, Adam I ^a   Ali, Ather ^b   Njike, Valentine Yanchou ^b   Hom, David ^c,d   Davidi, Anna ^b   Gould Fogerite, Susan ^d   Milak, Carl ^d   Katz, David L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES ARTHRITIS INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84856718728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030248     Document Type: Article

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