Low dose high frequency ultrasound therapy for stellate ganglion blockade in complex regional pain syndrome type I: A randomised placebo controlled trial

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5603-5611

  Askin, Ayhan ^a   Savas, Serpil ^b   Koyuncuoglu, Hasan Rifat ^b   Baloglu, Hale Hekim ^c   Inci, Mehmet Fatih ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndromes; Stellate ganglion; Ultrasonic therapy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GABAPENTIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGER PULP DISTAL CREASE DISTANCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOW DOSE HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84921500834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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