Effectiveness of phototherapy incorporated into an exercise program for osteoarthritis of the knee: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Coelho, Carly de F ^a   Leal Junior, Ernesto Cesar P ^a   Biasotto Gonzalez, Daniela A ^a   Bley, André S ^a   de Carvalho, Paulo de Tarso de Camillo ^a   Politti, Fabiano ^a   Gonzalez, Tabajara de O ^a   de Oliveira, Adriano R ^a   Frigero, Marcelo ^a   Garcia, Marilia Barbosa S ^a   Dibai Filho, Almir V ^b   Gomes, Cid André Fidelis de Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lower limb strength; Osteoarthritis of the knee; Phototherapy; Physical therapy modalities; Postural balance

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYNAMOMETRY; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT DURATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHOTOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84908158310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-221     Document Type: Article

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