Does laser irradiation effect fracture healing?

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 146-149

  Otremski, Itzhak ^a   Irga, Dror ^a   Edelstein, Samuel ^b   Ornoy, Asher ^c   Newman, Raymond ^d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture union; Laser irradiation; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOLOGY;

FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE UNION; STIFF JOINTS; TIBIAL FRACTURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKEN; COMPOUND FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FRACTURE HEALING; HELIUM NEON LASER; HISTOLOGY; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 10844222607     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1615-1615-00136     Document Type: Article

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