Combined ultrasound, electrical stimulation, and laser promote collagen synthesis with moderate changes in tendon biomechanics

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 288-296

  Gum, Steven L ^a   Kesava Reddy, G ^a   Stehno Bittel, Lisa ^a   Enwemeka, Chukuka S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen Synthesis; Electrical Stimulation; Laser Therapy; Tendon Healing; Therapeutic Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

MULTITHERAPY TREATMENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; IMMOBILIZATION; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RABBIT; STRENGTH; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUTURING METHOD; TENOTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LASERS; MALE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TENDONS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031194607     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199707000-00007     Document Type: Article

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