No effect of low-intensity ultrasound on healing time of intramedullary fixed tibial fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 252-257

  Emami, Abbas ^a   Petrén Mallmin, Marianne ^a   Larsson, Sune ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nail; Low intensity ultrasound; Reaming; Tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033124326     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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