A preliminary study into the effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on chronic maxillary and frontal sinusitis

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Farhadi, Mohammad ^b   Jalaie, Shohreh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; GENDER; HUMAN; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 34547769900     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593980701209360     Document Type: Article

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