Ultrasound therapy for calcific tendinitis of the shoulder

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1533-1538

  Ebenbichler, Gerold R ^a,b   Erdogmus, Celal B ^a   Resch, Karl L ^c   Funovics, Martin A ^b   Kainberger, Franz ^b   Barisani, Georg ^b   Aringer, Martin ^b   Nicolakis, Peter ^a   Wiesinger, Günther F ^a   Baghestanian, Mehrdad ^a   Preisinger, Elisabeth ^a   Fialka Moser, Veronika ^a   Weinstabl, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Forsch Inst Balneol K   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CALCINOSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0033586949     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199905203402002     Document Type: Article

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