Adding Ultrasound in the Management of Soft Tissue Disorders of the Shoulder: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 336-343

  Gürsel, Yeşim Kurtaiş ^a,b   Ulus, Yasemin ^c   Bilgiç, Ayşe ^a   Dinçer, Gülay ^a   Van Der Heijden, Geert J M G ^d  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bayindir Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c BAYINDIR HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Physical therapy; Randomized clinical trial; Shoulder; Soft tissue disorders; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SHOULDER DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE;

EID: 17744416051     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.4.336     Document Type: Article

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