Database: Study 17 of 26 studies              Database Hip - LA First author and date Puett DW 1994 Version consulted C Condition osteoarthritis (hip and knee) Study type review N / Groupings no details Type of acupuncture no details Points used no details Parameters used no details Stimulation duration no details Number of sessions no details Follow up no details Endpoint measure no details Outcome commentary minimal Additional notes - Analysis / problems - References Puett DW, Griffin MR Published trials of nonmedicinal and noninvasive therapies for hip and knee osteoarthritis. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1994 July 15; 121(2): 133-40 Secondary references [studies reviewed include - acupuncture: Christensen BV, Iuhl IU, Vilbek H, Bülow HH, Dreijer NC, Rasmussen HF Acupuncture treatment of severe knee osteoarthritis. A long term study. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 1992 Aug; 36(6): 519-25; Gaw AC, Chang LW, Shaw LC Efficacy of acupuncture on osteoarthritic pain. New England Journal of Medicine. 1975 Aug 21; 293(8): 375-8; TENS/TEAS: Fargas-Babjak A, Rooney P, Gerecz E Randomized trial of Codetron for pain control in osteoarthritis of the hip/knee. Clinical Journal of Pain. 1989 June; 5(2): 137-41; Lewis B, Lewis D, Cumming G The comparative analgesic efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for painful osteoarthritis. British Journal of Rheumatology. 1994 May; 33(5): 455-60; Taylor P, Hallett M, Flaherty L Treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. Pain. 1981 Oct; 11(2): 233-40; LILT: Stelian J, Gil I, Habot B, Rosenthal M, Abramovici I, Kutok N, Khalil A Improvement of pain and disability in elderly patients with degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee treated with narrow-band light therapy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1992; 40: 23-6; Walker J Relief from chronic pain by low power laser irradiation. Neuroscience Letters. 1983; 43(2-3): 339-44; PEMF: Trock DH, Bollet AJ, Dyer RH Jr, Fielding P, Milner WK, Markoll R A double-blind trial of the clinical effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields in osteoarthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 1993; 20(3): 456-60] Data entry code DM