PACTR201909505821864.
Methods | Randomised, controlled trial |
Participants |
Inclusion criteria: all patients admitted with lower limb fractures of the lower limbs Exclusion criteria: patients with multiple fractures or who were not local to trial region |
Interventions |
Intervention: LIPUS 20 minutes on alternate days Control: sham treatment for 20 minutes on alternate days |
Outcomes |
Follow‐up schedule: 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 18 weeks Primary outcome: fracture healing assessed by radiographs Secondary outcome: cortical bridging assessments by radiographs |
Notes | Whilst the trial registration status is complete, we were unsuccessful in contacting the authors for available data and are awaiting data to be published. |
LIPUS = low‐intensity pulsed ultrasound; VAS = visual analogue scale.