The effects of acupuncture on chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis: A meta-analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 98, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1578-1585

  Lin, Xianfeng ^a   Huang, Kangmao ^a   Zhu, Guiqi ^b   Huang, Zhaobo ^a   Qin, An ^c   Fan, Shunwu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84996553656     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.15.00620     Document Type: Article

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