Comparison of Single and Multiple Applications of GaA1As Laser on Rat Medial Collateral Ligament Repair

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-289

  Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Fung, Dicky T C ^a   Leung, Mason C P ^a   Guo, Xia ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Healing; Injury; Laser; Ligament; Tissue biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; GALLIUM; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REPAIR; WEIGHT BEARING; ANIMAL; INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1842586593     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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