Shock Waves in the Treatment of Stress Fractures

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1042-1049

  Moretti, Biagio ^a,b   Notarnicola, Angela ^a   Garofalo, Raffaele ^c   Moretti, Lorenzo ^a   Patella, Silvio ^a   Marlinghaus, Ernest ^d   Patella, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c MIULLI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Storz Medical AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Middle energy; Shock waves therapy; Soccer player; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC STRESS; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE ENERGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; SOCCER PLAYER; SPORTS ACTIVITY; STRESS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TREATMENT;

SHOCK WAVES; WAVES;

FRACTURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, STRESS; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349093827     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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