Electrotherapy modalities for adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Page, Matthew J ^a   Green, Sally ^a   Kramer, Sharon ^a   Johnston, Renea V ^a   Mcbain, Brodwen ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Hand Therapy   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO;

ADVERSE EVENT; ANALGESIA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROTHERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; JOINT FUNCTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; BURSITIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; BURSITIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 84921955693     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011324     Document Type: Review

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