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influence of low intensity pulsed ultrasound on healing of supracondylar fracture in children
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to detect the effectiveness of using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) on bone-healing in supracondylar humeral fracture (SCHF) in children.Methods: A randomized control study was performed. 30 children suffering from supracondylar fracture, with ages 5 to 8 years old, full filling inclusion criteria have been allocated into two groups randomly, while the two groups received the same medical treatment and the study group received low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (osteotron III ITO device) choose program 4 at frequency 3MHz by 160æw/cm2 with 20% duty cycle, at fracture site daily for 20 minutes.Standard anteroposterior (AP) and lateral radiographs of the elbow are usually sufficient to characterize the fracture healing and repeated it each week until occurrence complete healing Active range of motion of elbow joint (flexion and extension) was measured after removal of cast using goniometer record application Results. There was a significant difference between both groups as regards to the onset of callus formation where the t-value was (18.74) and P-value was (0.0001).There was a significant difference between both groups as regards to complete callus formation where the t-value was (14.96) and P-value was (0.0001).There was no significant difference between both groups in active range of motion of elbow joint as revealed by the unpaired t-test where the t-value was (1.63) and P-value was (0.11).Conclusions: It can be concluded that low-intensity pulsed ultrasound can be used effectively in acceleration of healing of supracondylar humeral fractures patients