Pulsed electromagnetic field during cast immobilization in postmenopausal women with Colles' fracture

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo

Volumn 140, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 619-624

  Lazović, Milica ^a,b   Kocić, Mirjana ^b,c   Dimitrijević, Lidija ^b,c   Stanković, Ivona ^b,c   Spalević, Marija ^b,c   Ćhić, Tamara ^c  

^a Institute for Rehabilitation   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Physiotherapy; Pulsed electromagnetic field; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WRIST;

AGED; COLLES' FRACTURE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84872238414     PISSN: 03708179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/SARH1210619L     Document Type: Article

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