Factors influencing further acupuncture usage and a more positive outcome in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and the hip: A 3-year follow-up of a randomized pragmatic trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 953-959

  Martins, Friederike ^a   Kaster, Theresa ^a   Schützler, Lena ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Follow up study; Osteoarthritis; Pragmatic randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RUNNING; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SWIMMING; THERAPY DELAY; WALKING; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; YOGA; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927788605     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000062     Document Type: Article

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