Therapeutic ultrasound and fracture healing: A survey of beliefs and practices

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1653-1656

  Busse, Jason W ^a,b   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture healing; Rehabilitation; Survey; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; SURGEON; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 5344280433     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.12.040     Document Type: Article

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