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Ultrasonic Therapy

Known as: ultrasound energy, Ultrasonic Therapies, Ultrasound Therapy 
The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the… 
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Comparative study of the efficacy of the topical application of hydrocortisone, therapeutic ultrasound and phonophoresis on the tissue repair process in rat tendons.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Aberrant protective force generation during neural provocation testing and the effect of treatment in patients with neurogenic cervicobrachial pain.
BACKGROUND Observation of the occurrence of protective muscle activity is advocated in assessment of the peripheral nervous… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Initial Experience with a Novel Focused Ultrasound Ablation System for Ring Ablation Outside the Pulmonary Vein
AbstractIntroduction: Atrial fibrillation has been shown to initiate from triggers within pulmonary veins. Several studies have… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Effects of low-frequency ultrasound on the transdermal permeation of mannitol: comparative studies with in vivo and in vitro skin.
The in vivo and the in vitro correlation of the effects of low-frequency ultrasound (low-frequency sonophoresis, LFS) on the… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Interventions for treating plantar heel pain.
BACKGROUND Ten percent of people may experience pain under the heel (plantar heel pain) at some time. Injections, insoles, heel… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Effect of therapeutic ultrasound on partition and diffusion coefficients in human stratum corneum.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Extracardiac ablation of the canine atrioventricular junction by use of high-intensity focused ultrasound.
BACKGROUND High-intensity focused ultrasound has been applied to internal organs from outside the body to ablate tissue. No… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Ultrasound therapy in chronic leg ulceration: a meta‐analysis
We reviewed all articles on ultrasound therapy published since 1950 to assess the evidence for an effect of this therapy in the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Application of Ultrasound Energy as a New Drug Delivery System
Ultrasound has been in use for the last three decades as a modality for diagnostic imaging in medicine. Recently, there have been… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Relative transmission of ultrasound by media customarily used for phonophoresis.
The purpose of this study was to determine the relative transmission of ultrasound by the media commonly used by physical… 
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