Supervised exercise plus acupuncture for moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis: A small randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-181

  Soni, Anushka ^a   Joshi, Abhay ^a   Mudge, Nicola ^a   Wyatt, Matthew ^a   Williamson, Lyn ^a  

^a GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866739598     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010128     Document Type: Article

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