Effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound treatment for delayed and non-union stress fractures of the anterior mid-tibia in five athletes

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 121-125

  Uchiyama, Yoshiyasu ^a   Nakamura, Yutaka ^b   Mochida, Joji ^a   Tamaki, Tetsuro ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic stress fracture; Conservative treatment; Early recovery; LIPUS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPORTING EVENT; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149101553     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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