Therapeutic ultrasound
Rehabilitation
estimated about CNY 70-180
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Description
A non-invasive medical modality using high-frequency sound waves to generate deep tissue heating, promote healing, reduce inflammation, and alleviate pain in musculoskeletal conditions.
Main Uses
Primary clinical uses include promoting soft tissue healing (e.g., tendinopathies, muscle strains, ligament sprains), reducing inflammation and edema, enhancing collagen extensibility prior to stretching, accelerating fracture healing (low-intensity pulsed ultrasound), managing chronic pain (e.g., osteoarthritis, myofascial pain), and facilitating phonophoresis (transdermal drug delivery using ultrasound). It is commonly applied in physiotherapy, sports medicine, orthopedics, and rehabilitation settings.
Normal Range
Ultrasound therapy is not a diagnostic test with quantitative 'values' or numerical reference ranges; it is a non-invasive physical therapy modality that delivers therapeutic ultrasound energy (typically 0.7–3.0 W/cm² intensity, 1–3 MHz frequency) to target tissues. There is no 'normal range' in the laboratory sense — treatment parameters are selected based on clinical indication, tissue depth, and patient tolerance, not standardized biomarker thresholds.
Low Values - Possible Causes
N/A — Ultrasound therapy does not produce measurable 'low values'; however, subtherapeutic outcomes may result from: inadequate dosage (intensity/duration), improper transducer coupling or technique, excessive distance between transducer and target tissue, use of inappropriate frequency for tissue depth, or device calibration failure.
High Values - Possible Causes
N/A — Ultrasound therapy does not yield 'high values'; however, adverse effects may arise from: excessive intensity (>3.0 W/cm² for continuous mode), prolonged exposure time, treatment over compromised tissue (e.g., ischemic or infected areas), application over metal implants or epiphyseal growth plates, or operator error leading to thermal accumulation or cavitation injury.
estimated about CNY 70-180
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