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KG Baker, PT, PhD, is Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Science, Faculty of Health, Science, and Technology, UNITEC, Private Bag 92025, Auckland, New Zealand. He was Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, when this article was written.
VJ Robertson, PT, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. She was Visiting Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, University of Miami, Miami, Fla, when this article was written
FA Duck, PhD, FIPEM, is Medical Physicist, Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom
Address all correspondence to Dr Baker
Almost 2 decades ago, it was pointed out that physical therapists tended to overlook the tenuous nature of the scientific basis for the use of therapeutic ultrasound. The purpose of this review is to examine the literature regarding the biophysical effects of therapeutic ultrasound to determine whether these effects may be considered sufficient to provide a reason (biological rationale) for the use of insonation for the treatment of people with pain and soft tissue injury. This review does not discuss articles that examined the clinical usefulness of ultrasound (see article by Robertson and Baker titled "A Review of Therapeutic Ultrasound: Effectiveness Studies" in this issue). The frequently described biophysical effects of ultrasound either do not occur in vivo under therapeutic conditions or have not been proven to have a clinical effect under these conditions. This review reveals that there is currently insufficient biophysical evidence to provide a scientific foundation for the clinical use of therapeutic ultrasound for the treatment of people with pain and soft tissue injury.
Key Words: Biophysical effects • Nonthermal • Pain • Soft tissues • Therapeutic ultrasound • Thermal
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