Efficacy of Laser Therapy in Ankle Sprains: Design of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Laser Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 165-171

  de Bie, Robert A ^a   de Vet, Henrica CW ^a   Knipschild, Paul G ^a   van den Wildenberg, Frans AJM ^b   Lenssen, Ton F ^c   Bouter, Lex ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of General Surgery   (Japan)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

904 nm laser; lateral ankle sprain; RCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017217076     PISSN: 08985901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5978/islsm.9.165     Document Type: Article

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