Manual khalifa therapy in patients with completely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the knee: First preliminary results from thermal imaging

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 473-479

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Ofner, Michael ^b   Litscher, Daniela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Khalifa therapy; Knee; Temperature; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MANUAL KHALIFA THERAPY; SUPINE POSITION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL IMAGING; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883376474     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.117307     Document Type: Article

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