Antibiotics Versus Therapeutic Ultrasound for Sinusitis

Phase 3 Completed 48 enrolled Norwegian University of Science and Technology Sør-Trøndelag chapter of the Norwegian Physiotherapist Association · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Question: Is the effect of therapeutic ultrasound equally effective to antibiotic for treatment of sinusitis? Design: A randomized clinical trial with concealed allocation, self-assessment by the subjects and intention-to-treat analysis.

Timeline

Start: 2005-01
Primary completion: 2008-10
Completion: 2008-10

Publications

Results Hosoien E, Lund AB, Vasseljen O. Similar effect of therapeutic ultrasound and antibiotics for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis: a randomised trial. J Physiother. 2010;56(1):29-32.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Amoxicillin	Other / unclassified	500 mg	—

Antibiotics Versus Therapeutic Ultrasound for Sinusitis

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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