How does pulsed low-intensity ultrasound enhance fracture healing?

Orthopedics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1161-1163

  Stein, Haim ^a,c   Lerner, Alexander ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; PATELLA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BONY CALLUS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 27744589852     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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