Comparative effectiveness of Tai Chi versus physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis: A randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 77-86

  Wang, Chenchen ^a   Schmid, Christopher H ^b   Iversen, Maura D ^c   Harvey, William F ^a   Fielding, Roger A ^d   Driban, Jeffrey B ^a   Price, Lori Lyn ^e   Wong, John B ^e   Reid, Kieran F ^d   Rones, Ramel ^f   McAlindon, Timothy ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RR Productions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84979539449     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-2143     Document Type: Article

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