Adverse effects of electrotherapy used by physiotherapists

Physiotherapy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 298-303

  Partridge, Cecily J ^a   Kitchen, Sheila S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Electrotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; DIATHERMY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SAFETY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032995739     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)67133-7     Document Type: Article

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