Ultrasound treatment of nonunion of the hook of the hamate in sports activities

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-164

  Fujioka, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Juichi ^b   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^a   Tsunoda, Masaya ^a   Fujita, Kenji ^a   Matsui, Nobuzo ^a   Makino, Takeshi ^a   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baseball; Fracture; Hook of the hamate; Low intensity pulsed ultrasound; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOOT PAIN; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAMATE; HUMAN; MALE; SPORT INJURY; TARSAL BONE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; CARPAL BONE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; CARPAL BONES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 3342906180     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0425-0     Document Type: Article

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