Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields in the treatment of fresh scaphoid fractures. A multicenter, prospective, double blind, placebo controlled, randomized trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hannemann, Pascal ^a   Göttgens, Kevin W A ^a   Van Wely, Bob J ^b   Kolkman, Karel A ^c   Werre, Andries J ^d   Poeze, Martijn ^a   Brink, Peter R G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRACTURE; INJURY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLASTER CAST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAPHOID BONE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURY;

CASTS, SURGICAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; NETHERLANDS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCAPHOID BONE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79955660403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-90     Document Type: Article

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