The effect of low frequency, long-wave ultrasound therapy on joint mobility and rehabilitation after wrist fracture.
Thirty-eight patients with dorsally-displaced distal fractures were prospectively studied to assess the clinical effects of low frequency ultrasound treatment, started immediately after plaster removal. Nineteen of the patients represented the control group and a double-blind protocol was followed. Assessment took place on the day of plaster removal and 2 and 8 weeks later. There was no significant difference in wrist motion and duration of follow-up between the treated and control patients.
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Edgware General Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*