Pain management with acupuncture in osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Manyanga, Taru ^a,b   Froese, Maria ^b   Zarychanski, Ryan ^a,c   Abou Setta, Ahmed ^c   Friesen, Carol ^a   Tennenhouse, Michael ^a   Shay, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Seven Oaks General Hospital Winnipeg Manitoba   (Canada)

^c WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Functional mobility; Health related quality of life; Meta analysis; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN INTENSITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84906834327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-312     Document Type: Article

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