Objectifying specific and nonspecific effects of acupuncture: A double-blinded randomised trial in osteoarthritis of the knee

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Karner, Max ^a   Brazkiewicz, Frank ^b   Remppis, Andrew ^a,c   Fischer, Joachim ^c   Gerlach, Oliver ^d   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^a   Subramanian, Shanmuga Velayutham ^e   Greten, Henry Johannes ^a,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Shen Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84873363666     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/427265     Document Type: Article

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