Continuous ultrasound for chronic plantar fasciitis treatment;Ultra-som contínuo no tratamento da fasciíte plantar crônica

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-140

  Zanon, Renata Graciele ^a,b   Brasil, Adriana Kundrat ^c   Imamura, Marta ^a  

^a Cellular and Structural Biology Biology Institute/Unicamp ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UCP ESHO

Author keywords

Heel; Plantar fasciitis, Ultrasound, Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748903670     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-78522006000300004     Document Type: Article

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