Journal article
Ultrasound for Fracture Healing: Current Evidence
Abstract
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) is a relatively new technique for the acceleration of fracture healing in fresh fractures and nonunions. It has a frequency of 1.5 MHz, a signal burst width of 200 micros, a signal repetition frequency of 1 kHz, and an intensity of 30 mW/cm2. In 1994 and 1997, two milestone double-blind randomized controlled trials revealed the benefits of LIPUS for the acceleration of fracture healing in the tibia and …
Authors
Watanabe Y; Matsushita T; Bhandari M; Zdero R; Schemitsch EH
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 24, No. Supplement 1, pp. s56–s61
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 2010
DOI
10.1097/bot.0b013e3181d2efaf
ISSN
0890-5339