Indications / Contraindications
1.3 Indications for ultrasound therapy
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Indications from
orthopaedics, surgery,
traumatology,
rheumatology
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Spinal pain syndromes, e.g. cervical spine syndrome
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Ankylosing spondylitis (only in inflammation-free intervals)
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Joint disorders
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Rheumatoid arthritis (if heat treatment is indicated)
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Arthrosis
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Periarthropathies
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Epicondylopathy
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Tendopathies, periostosis, calcaneal spurs
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Achillodynia
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Scars, contractures, Dupuytren's contracture
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Posttraumatic arthritis
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Fractures (particularly in cases of delayed callus formation)
Other indications
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Bronchial asthma
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Rhinopathy
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Persistent symptoms of the cervical spine after whiplash injury with recurrent
blockages
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Headache
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Earache
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Post herpetic neuralgia
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Functional disorders of the stomach and duodenum
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Pelvic pain
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Functional disorders of the pelvis
