Acupuncture and Knee Osteoarthritis: Does Dose Matter?

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¹ Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, and the Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, and The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and Zhujiang Hospital and Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
² Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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David J Hunter et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Mar.

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. 2021 Mar;73(3):371-373.

doi: 10.1002/art.41583. Epub 2021 Jan 11.

¹ Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, and the Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, and The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and Zhujiang Hospital and Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
² Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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