Low-intensity pulsed ultrasonography versus electrical stimulation for fracture healing: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ebrahim, Shanil ^a,b   Mollon, Brent ^c   Bance, Sheena ^d   Busse, Jason W ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84904286814     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.010113     Document Type: Article

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