Effect of Ultrasound Therapy on Alleviating Pain and Adhesions in Endometriosis

Abstract

objective: This study is conducted to determine the effect of ultrasonic therapy on alleviating paim as well as adhesions in women having endometriosis.

Effect of ultrasound on subserosal and intramural fibroids in vitro: A quasi-experimental study of physical therapy

“…Therapeutic ultrasound accelerates the healing process, especially in the phases of inflammation and repair, helps in pain relief or any inflammation symptoms(Roebroeck, Dekker & Oostendorp, 1998). In addition, its ability in increasing the extensibility of collagen bands, that facilitates the stretching of scars and resorption of adhesions where US was applied by parameter of continuous mode of 1MHz, intensity: 1.5w/cm and 15 minutes for treatment site as a duration depending on heat production and micro massaging effect of the US wave from slowly moving US head(Mansour, Mohamed, Hegah, Okeel, Youssef & Fouad, 2009).…”