Complex tibial fracture outcomes following treatment with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-395

  Leung, Kwok Sui ^a,b   Lee, Wing Sze ^a   Tsui, Hon For ^a   Liu, Paul Po Lung ^a   Cheung, Wing Hoi ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Bone mineral content; Complex tibial fracture; Densitometry; Low intensity pulsed ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DENSITOMETERS; FRACTURE; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY;

FRACTURE HEALING; TIBIAL FRACTURE;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BONE DENSITY; BONY CALLUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 1842455116     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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