Efficacy of acupuncture during post-acute phase of rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-548

  Mikashima, Yoshinori ^a,b   Takagi, Tadashi ^a   Tomatsu, Taisuke ^a   Horikoshi, Mariko ^a,b   Ikari, Katsunori ^b   Momohara, Shigeki ^b  

^a Takagi Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Arthroplasty, replacement, knee; Range of motion, articular; Rehabititation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BONE SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875801165     PISSN: 02552922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(13)60068-0     Document Type: Article

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