Pulsed electromagnetic field and exercises in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-352

  Galace De Freitas, Diego ^a   Marcondes, Freddy Beretta ^a   Monteiro, Renan Lima ^a   Rosa, Sabrina Gonçalves ^a   Maria De Moraes Barros Fucs, Patrícia ^b   Fukuda, Thiago Yukio ^a  

^a Physical Therapy Sector   (Brazil)

^b Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diathermy; Magnetic field therapy; Rehabilitation; Rotator cuff; Shoulder impingement syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; OUTPATIENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DIATHERMY; ICC; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MCID; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; PEMF; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; REHABILITATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SIS; UCLA; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/LOS ANGELES; VAS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIATHERMY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893646560     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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