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Table 1 Study Characteristics

From: Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) use for the management of instrumented, infected, and fragility non-unions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of healing proportions

Article First Author/Year

Country

Study Design

Retrospective or Prospective

Total Participants (n)

Mean Age (Years)

% Female

Bones Treated (Total Study)

Akiyama, 2011 [9]

Japan

Case Report

Retrospective

15

58.9

91

Femur, Hip

Exogen Post-Market Approval - EXOGEN Validation Report, 2019 [10]

USA

Case Series

Prospective

158

61

93.7

Hamate, Scaphoid, Tibia, Fibula, Ankle, Radius, Femur, Matatarsal, Clavicle, Scapula, Ulna, Humerus, Patella, Pelvis, Cuneiform, Talus

Fujishiro, 2005 [11]

Japan

Case Report

Retrospective

1

17

0

Femur

Gebauer, 2005 [12]

Germany, Austria

Case-control

Retrospective

67

46

38.8

Tibia, Fibula, Femur, Radius, Ulna

Humerus, Metatarsal, Ankle, Scaphoid, Clavicle, Pelvis, Calcaneus, Rib, Knee

Hemery, 2011 [13]

France

Case Series

Retrospective

14

39

21.4

Femur, Tibia

Huber, 2012 [14]

Germany

Case Report

Retrospective

1

19

0

Phalanx

Jingushi, 2007 [15]

Japan

Case Series

Prospective

72

40.4

27.8

Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Femur, Tibia

Joshy, 2007 [16]

UK

Case Series

Retrospective

7

56

28.6

Tibia

Lee, 2016 [17]

Japan

Case Report

Retrospective

2

40

50

Femur

Lerner, 2004 [18]

Israel

Case Series

Retrospective

18

32

16.7

Femur, Tibia, Radius, Ulna, Humerus

Lim, 2012 [19]

Malaysia

Case Report

Retrospective

1

60

100

Femur

Majeed, 2019 [20]

UK

Case Series

Prospective

47

56.6

44.7

Tibia, Ankle, Foot

Mayr, 2000 [21]

USA, Germany

Case Series

Retrospective,

Prospective

1359

NR

NR

Clavicle, Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Scaphoid,

Femur, Tibia, Fibula, Ankle, Calcaneus,

Tarsal naviculare, Metatarsal, Foot, Other

Mayr, 2002 [22]

Germany

Case Series

Prospective

100

44

37

Clavicle, Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Scaphoid, Femur, Tibia, Fibula, Other

Mirza, 2018 [23]

UK

Case Series

Retrospective

18

57.6

50

Foot, Ankle

Moghaddam, 2016 [24]

Germany

Case Series

Prospective

19

43

5.3

Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Femur, Tibia

Niikura, 2016 [25]

Japan

Case Report

Retrospective

1

44

0

Tibia

Nolte, 2001 [26]

Netherlands

Case Series

Retrospective

29

47

41.4

Tibia, Fibula, Femur, Radius, Ulna, Scaphoid, Malleolus, Clavicle, Humerus, Metatarsal

Pigozzi, 2004 [27]

Italy

Case Series

Prospective

15

35.5

20

Wrist, Scaphoid, Clavicle, Talus, Femur, Tibia, Malleolus

Povlsen, 2015 [28]

UK

Case Report

Retrospective

1

75

100

Ulna

Ricardo, 2006 [29]

Cuba

RCT

Prospective

21

26.7

0

Scaphoid

Romanò, 2006[30]

Italy

Case Series

Retrospective

49

NR

NR

NR

Roussignol, 2012 [31]

France

Case Series

Retrospective

60

43

36.7

Humerus, Ulna, Radius, Metacarpal, Femur, Tibia, Fibula, Talus, Hallux, Metatarsal, Phalanx

Rutten, 2007 [32]

Netherlands

Case Series

Prospective

71

40

21.1

Tibia

Schofer, 2010 [33]

Germany

RCT

Prospective

101

42.6

23.8

Tibia

Waseem, 2010 [34]

Canada

Case Report

Retrospective

1

77

100

Femur

Watanabe, 2013 [35]

Japan

Case Series

Retrospective

151

36.5a

27.2

Tibia, Fibula, Femur, Humerus, Radius, Ulna

Welch-Phillips, 2016 [36]

Ireland

Cohort

Retrospective

NR

NR

NR

NR

Zura, 2015 [37]

USA

Case Series

Prospective

767

45.8

45.4

Tibia, Femur, Radius, Ulna, Humerus, Fibula, Scaphoid, Ankle, Metatarsal, Foot

  1. Abbreviations: NR Not Reported, RCT Randomized Controlled Trial
  2. aMedian