A randomized clinical trial comparing pulsed ultrasound and erythromycin phonophoresis in the treatment of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 166-172

  Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Fathali, Mojtaba ^a   Bartley, Jim ^b   Rastak, Mohammad Saeed ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Physiotherapy; Rhinosinusitis; Therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONOPHORESIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84928044629     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2014.991465     Document Type: Article

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