The physical therapy prescription

American Family Physician

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1661-1666

  Rand, Scott E ^a,c   Goerlich, Chris ^b   Marchand, Kristina ^a   Jablecki, Nathaniel ^a  

^a Conroe Medical Education Foundation ^*  (United States)

^b Texas Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^c Lone Star Sports Medicine Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; KETOPROFEN;

ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; BURSITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPICONDYLITIS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHONOPHORESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 36849049139     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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