The evaluation of the healing rate of subtalar arthrodeses, Part 2: The effect of low-intensity ultrasound stimulation

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 970-977

  Coughlin, Michael J ^a,b,c   Smith, Bertil W ^a,b   Traughber, Paul ^a,c  

^a Idaho Foot and Ankle Fellowship ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Idaho Foot and Ankle Fellowship Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Hindfoot fusion; Nonunion; Subtalar; Subtalar arthrodesis; Ultrasound; Ultrasound stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SUBTALAR ARTHRODESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHRODESIS; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTALAR JOINT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 53649092649     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0970     Document Type: Article

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