Pulsed low-intensity ultrasound therapy for chronic lateral epicondylitis: a randomized controlled trial
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Pulsed low-intensity ultrasound therapy for chronic lateral epicondylitis: a randomized controlled trial.
OBJECTIVES Pulsed low-intensity ultrasound therapy (LIUS) has been found to be beneficial in accelerating fracture healing and has produced positive results in animal tendon repair. In the light of this we undertook a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of LIUS vs placebo therapy daily for 12 weeks in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis (LE). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1462-0332,1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei210