Publications by authors named "Ralph Plaster"
Immediate effects of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture on pain, mobility and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial.
Ralph Plaster Wellington Bueno Vieira Flávia Alves Duarte Alencar Eduardo Yoshio Nakano Richard Eloin Liebano
Acupunct Med
June 2014
Objective: To compare the immediate effects of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture on pain, mobility and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Methods: Sixty patients with knee osteoarthritis, with a pain intensity of ≥2 on the pain Numerical Rating Scale, were included. The patients were randomised into two groups: manual acupuncture and electroacupuncture.