Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound: Nonunions

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Dijkman, Bernadette G ^a   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture healing; Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS); Nonunion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649544028     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.50848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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