A systematic review of evidence for the effectiveness of practitioner-based complementary and alternative therapies in the management of rheumatic diseases: Osteoarthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2224-2233

  Macfarlane, Gary J ^a   Paudyal, Priya ^a   Doherty, Michael ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^c   Lewith, George ^d   MacPherson, Hugh ^e   Sim, Julius ^f   Jones, Gareth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Global health; Musculoskeletal; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Practitioners; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; DATA EXTRACTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOGA;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870335121     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes200     Document Type: Article

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