Nonsurgical management of knee pain in adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 875-883

  Jones, Brandon Q ^a   Covey, Carlton J ^a   Sineath, Marvin H ^a  

^a Nellis Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSAMINE; HYALURONIC ACID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN D; ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CRYOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE BRACE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TENDINITIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; KNEE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946908448     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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