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:
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands rwp@jointresearch.org.
2Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L8.
3Division General Internal Medicine & Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
4Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4.
5South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Australia, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.
6Whitlam Orthopaedic Research Centre, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.
7Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
8Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 5W6.
9Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
10Society for Participatory Medicine Member, USA.
11Kindred Northlake Hospital, Northlake, USA.
12Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
13Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
14Oslo University Hospital, Forskningsveien 2b, Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway.
15Dutch College of General Practitioners, 3502 GE Utrecht, The Netherlands.
16Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
17Department of Physiotherapy, OLVG, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
18Trauma Research Unit Erasmus, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC University Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
19Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway.
20Department 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

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