Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia treated with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation (LIPUS)

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1061-1064

  Okada, Kyoji ^a   Miyakoshi, Naohisa ^a   Takahashi, Shu ^a   Ishigaki, Satoshi ^b   Nishida, Jun ^c   Itoi, Eiji ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ishigaki Orthopedic Clinic   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia; Fracture; Low intensity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BONE; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TUMORS;

CONGENITAL PSEUDOARTHROSIS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE BOWING; BRACE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GAIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIMB; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; LOWER LEG; MALE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; TUMOR; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WEIGHT BEARING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0037767476     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00906-2     Document Type: Article

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