Radiofrequency treatment weakens the fatigue characteristics of rabbit anterior cruciate ligament

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 150-156

  Ozenci, A Merter ^a,b   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cyclic loading; Rabbit ACL; Radiofrequency treatment

Indexed keywords

ANELASTIC RELAXATION; BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

RADIOFREQUENCY ENERGY;

LIGAMENTS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FATIGUE; FORCE; HEALING; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; STRENGTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELASTICITY; RABBITS; RADIO WAVES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0037301702     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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