Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) for bone healing: a clinical practice guideline.


Author: Poolman RW1, Agoritsas T2,3, Siemieniuk RA2,4, Harris IA5,6, Schipper IB7, Mollon B8, Smith M9, Albin A10, Nador S11, Sasges W12, Schandelmaier S2,13, Lytvyn L14, Kuijpers T15, van Beers LW16,17, Verhofstad MH18, Vandvik PO19,20

Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands rwp@jointresearch.org.

<sup>2</sup>Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L8.

<sup>3</sup>Division General Internal Medicine & Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.

<sup>4</sup>Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4.

<sup>5</sup>South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Australia, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.

<sup>6</sup>Whitlam Orthopaedic Research Centre, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.

<sup>7</sup>Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.

<sup>8</sup>Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 5W6.

<sup>9</sup>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

<sup>10</sup>Society for Participatory Medicine Member, USA.

<sup>11</sup>Kindred Northlake Hospital, Northlake, USA.

<sup>12</sup>Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

<sup>13</sup>Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.

<sup>14</sup>Oslo University Hospital, Forskningsveien 2b, Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway.

<sup>15</sup>Dutch College of General Practitioners, 3502 GE Utrecht, The Netherlands.

<sup>16</sup>Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

<sup>17</sup>Department of Physiotherapy, OLVG, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

<sup>18</sup>Trauma Research Unit Erasmus, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC University Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

<sup>19</sup>Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway.

<sup>20</sup>Department of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust-division, Gjøvik, Norway.
Conference/Journal: BMJ.
Date published: 2017 Feb 21
Other:
 Volume ID: 356   ,  Pages: j576   ,  Special Notes: doi: 10.1136/bmj.j576.   ,  Word Count: 1  
    PMID: 28228381