Low-intensity ultrasound enhances maturation of callus after segmental transport

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 430, Issue , 2005, Pages 189-194

  Claes, Lutz ^a,c   Rüter, Axel ^b   Mayr, Edgar ^b  

^a Inst Unfallchir Forsch/Biomech   (Germany)

^b Klin Unfall /Wiederherstellungsch   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; BONE MATURATION; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 11844304901     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000150456.39608.bc     Document Type: Article

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