Background. This article examines the therapeutic effects of phonophoresis with ketoprofen in gel form in patients with enthesopathy of the elbow. Ultrasonic therapy and phonophoresis have their primary application in the physical therapy of this disorder. The main aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of phonophoresis. Material and methods. The research group consisted of 19 patien...

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of ibuprofen phonophresis versus topical application of ibuprofen in improvement of hand grip strength in psoriatic arthritic patients. Methods: Forty patients who had asymmetrical psoriatic arthritis in hand participated in this study. Their ages ranged from 30 to 50 years. Patients were classified randomly into two groups of equal numbers;...

OBJECTIVE The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of virgin olive oil phonophoresis on female athletes' anterior knee pain (AKP). MATERIALS AND METHODS A double blinded randomized clinical trial was conducted. Ninety-three female athletes suffering from AKP voluntarily participated in this study. Patients were randomly assigned into olive oil (n=31), piroxicam (n=31) or bas...

The effect of phonophoresis was assessed using Frund’s complete adjuvant (FCA) induced arthritis in rats. Plumbago zeylanica (0.5g) root extract was prepared to obtain 0.5% gel. The animals were divided into four groups. Group I serves as normal. Group II to IV served as arthritis animals induced by FCA. Group III and IV treated with ultrasound and phonophoresis (Application of ultrasound along...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relative transmission of ultrasound by the media commonly used by physical therapists to apply phonophoresis. The relative transmission of ultrasound energy through various phonophoresis media was compared with that of degassed water, which is the ideal standard. Transmission was assessed by placing a thin layer of the test medium on the transducer...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the erythrocyte levels of lipid peroxidation (MDA), and antioxidant enzyme activities in Frund’s complete adjuvant (FCA) induced arthritis in rats. . Group I serves as normal. Group II to IV served as arthritis animals induced by FCA. Group III and IV treated with ultrasound and phonophoresis (Application of ultrasound along with Plumbago zeylanic...

PURPOSE Low-frequency ultrasound has a significant effect on the transdermal permeation of high molecular weight drugs. However, the rate of permeation in pulsed mode is quite low necessitating considerable time to apply the ultrasound. 0.5 MHz ultrasound, which is a relatively higher frequency in the low-frequency range, can be applied in high intensity in continuous mode. METHODS A transduc...

Background: Hallux valgus (HV) is a deformity that affects the quality of life and function in negative manner causing disturbed balance walking even alters foot kinematics. Conservative treatments are choice for mild to moderate HV, but question about best method has not been responded yet. In current study, it aimed assess compare efficacy kinesiotaping (KT) versus phonophoresis (PH) treatmen...

objective: the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of virgin olive oil phonophoresis on female athletes' anterior knee pain (akp). materials and methods: a double blinded randomized clinical trial was conducted. ninety-three female athletes suffering from akp voluntarily participated in this study. patients were randomly assigned into olive oil (n=31), piroxicam (n=31) o...