A quantitative comparative assessment of the immediate response to high frequency ultrasound and low frequency ultrasound ('longwave therapy') in the treatment of acute ankle sprains

Physiotherapy

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 78-84

  Bradnock, B ^a,b   Law, H T ^a,b   Roscoe, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle sprains; Gait measurement; Longwave therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030064990     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66955-6     Document Type: Article

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