Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound: Fracture healing

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-140

  Mundi, Raman ^a   Petis, Stephen ^a   Kaloty, Roopinder ^a   Shetty, Vijay ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital Mumbai   (India)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture healing; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic review; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649525327     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.50847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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