Ultrasound for fracture healing: Current evidence

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Watanabe, Yoshinobu ^a   Matsushita, Takashi ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Zdero, Rad ^c,d   Schemitsch, Emil H ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture; Healing; LIPUS; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE INJURY; CALLUS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULTRASOUND;

BONE AND BONES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 77649091538     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181d2efaf     Document Type: Review

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