The effectiveness of therapeutic ultrasound for musculoskeletal conditions of the lower limb: A literature review

Foot

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Shanks, Pippa ^a,b   Curran, Michael ^a   Fletcher, Paul ^a   Thompson, Richard ^a  

^a Oxfordshire PCT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal injuries; Therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FELBINAC;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KNEE INJURY; LEG DISEASE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 78649317879     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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