Safety and efficacy of Curcuma longa extract in the treatment of painful knee osteoarthritis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Madhu, K ^a   Chanda, K ^a   Saji, M J ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Clinician Global Impression Change (CGIC); Curcuma longa Linn.; Osteoarthritis; Placebo controlled clinical trial; Visual Analog Scale (VAS); Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; PLACEBO; TURMACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOSAMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; CURCUMA; DRUG EFFECTS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CURCUMA; FEMALE; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877253326     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: 15685608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-012-0163-3     Document Type: Article

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