Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as an adjunct to education and exercise for knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 387-394

  Palmer, Shea ^a   Domaille, Melissa ^b   Cramp, Fiona ^a   Walsh, Nicola ^a   Pollock, Jon ^a   Kirwan, John ^c   Johnson, Mark I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

AGED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896861836     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22147     Document Type: Article

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