Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) on viscoelasticity of the contracted knee joint: Comparison with whirlpool treatment in rats

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Usuba, Mariko ^a   Akai, Masami ^a   Shirasaki, Yoshio ^b  

^a TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal experiment; Joint immobilization; Laser biostimulation; Viscoelastic measurement; Whirlpool treatment

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHIRLPOOL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HYDROTHERAPY; JOINT CONTRACTURE; KNEE FUNCTION; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; CONTRACTURE; HINDLIMB; HYDROTHERAPY; JOINTS; LASERS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031911967     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)22:2<81::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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