Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 93-106 , February 2010

Non-pharmacological approaches for the treatment of osteoarthritis

  • François Rannou, MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U747, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Toxicologie et Signalisation Moléculaire, Paris F-75006, France
    • Université Paris Descartes, Paris F-75006, France
    • AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, Service de rééducation, Paris F-75014, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service de Rééducation, Hôpital Cochin, 27, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques 75014, Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 58 41 25 35; Fax: +33 1 58 41 25 45.
    • ,
  • Serge Poiraudeau, MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, U747, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Toxicologie et Signalisation Moléculaire, Paris F-75006, France
    • Université Paris Descartes, Paris F-75006, France
    • AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, Service de rééducation, Paris F-75014, France

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PII: S1521-6942(09)00092-8

doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.08.013

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 93-106 , February 2010

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