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. 2023 Mar 3;2023(3):CD008579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008579.pub4

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.