Journal article
Acupuncture for the treatment of pain of osteoarthritic knees
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether acupuncture was more effective than sham acupuncture in the reduction of pain in persons with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.
METHODS: Forty subjects (20 men, 20 women) with radiographic evidence of OA of the knee were stratified by gender and randomly assigned to either the experimental (real acupuncture) or control (sham acupuncture) groups. Subjects were treated three times per …
Authors
Takeda W; Wessel J
Journal
Arthritis & Rheumatism, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 118–122
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 1994
DOI
10.1002/art.1790070304
ISSN
0004-3591