A team of German investigators found 34% greater bone mineral density in patients with slow-healing tibial fractures after 16 weeks of treatment with a low-intensity pulsed ultrasound device compared ...

Tibial speed of sound (SOS) was measured in 144 infants categorized as SGA or AGA using the reference tables of Lubchenco et al. and Alexander et al. Our primary objective was to use tibial QUS to ...

Ultrasound can speed the healing of fractures. A randomized controlled trial has found that the use of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in patients with tibial fractures which showed inadequate ...

Receiving ultrasound after surgery to repair a fractured tibia (shinbone) does not accelerate healing or improve functional recovery compared with sham treatment, finds a trial. Receiving ultrasound ...

Does low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) accelerate recovery in adults and children who have experienced bone fractures or osteotomy (cutting of a bone)? An expert panel rapidly produced these ...

Ultrasound can speed the healing of fractures. A randomized controlled trial reported in the open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders has found that the use of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound ...