A new direction for ultrasound therapy in sports medicine

Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-107

  Warden, Stuart J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE INJURY; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENDON INJURY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0037219136     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200333020-00002     Document Type: Review

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