Repetitive H-Wave® device stimulation and program induces significant increases in the range of motion of post operative rotator cuff reconstruction in a double-blinded randomized placebo controlled human study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Blum, Kenneth ^a   Chen, Amanda Lc ^b   Chen, Thomas Jh ^b   Waite, Roger L ^c   Downs, B William ^c   Braverman, Eric R ^e   Kerner, Mallory M ^e   Savarimuthu, Stella M ^e   Dinubile, Nicholas ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c LifeGen Inc   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Path Medical Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHOULDER SURGERY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849149118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-132     Document Type: Article

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