Combined Exercise and transcranial direct current stimulation intervention for knee osteoarthritis: Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Chang, Wei Ju ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^b   Hodges, Paul W ^c   Hinman, Rana S ^b   Liston, Matthew B ^a   Schabrun, Siobhan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; AGED; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84941625034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008482     Document Type: Article

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