Is there a role for ultrasound and electrical stimulation following injury to tendon and nerve?

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 292-296

  Michlovitz, Susan L ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Delaware Valley Nephrology and Hypertension   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; FLUOCINONIDE; IBUPROFEN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SUTURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 17644413171     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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