The effect of pulsed ultrasound in the treatment of tibial stress fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1192-1195

  Rue, John Paul H ^a   Armstrong III, David W ^b   Frassica, Frank J ^a   Deafenbaugh, Martin ^c   Wilckens, John H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIPPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULTRASOUND; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 9244248715     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20041101-18     Document Type: Article

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