Low-power laser treatment in patients with frozen shoulder: Preliminary results

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-105

  Stergioulas, Apostolos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^b Peania Physical Therapy Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING;

FROZEN SHOULDER; LOW-POWER LASER THERAPY (LLLT); MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; SHOULDER PAIN AND DISABILITY INDEX (SPADI);

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER PAIN;

COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049085564     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2138     Document Type: Article

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