A randomized, single blind placebo controlled clinical trial on the effect of continuous ultrasound on low back pain

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 329-336

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Ebadi, S ^a   Talebian, S ^a   Naghdi, S ^a   Mazaheri, H ^a   Olyaei, G ^a   Jalaie, S ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

H reflex; Low back pain; Physiotherapy; Treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33750996414     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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