Comparison of intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation for the management of knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1482-1489

  Chen, Wen Ling ^a   Hsu, Wei Chun ^b   Lin, Yi Jia ^b   Hsieh, Lin Fen ^a,c  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hyaluronic acid; Injections, intra articular; Osteoarthritis, knee; Rehabilitation; Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEQUESNE INDEX; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACR; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADL; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY; HA; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MCII; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT; OA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION; ROM; SILVER SPIKE POINT; SSP; TENS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VAS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSUPPLEMENTS; WALKING;

EID: 84880920124     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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