Pulsatile dry cupping in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee - a randomized controlled exploratory trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Teut, Michael ^a   Kaiser, Stefan ^a   Ortiz, Miriam ^a   Roll, Stephanie ^a   Binting, Sylvia ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^a   Brinkhaus, Benno ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Cupping; Knee osteoarthritis; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PULSATILE DRY CUPPING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867286634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-184     Document Type: Article

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