Low intensity pulsed ultrasound increases the matrix hardness of the healing tissues at bone-tendon insertion - A partial patellectomy model in rabbits

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-394

  Qin, Ling ^a   Fok, Pikkwan ^a   Lu, Hongbin ^a   Shi, Sanqiang ^b   Leng, Yang ^c   Leung, Kwoksui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone tendon insertion healing; Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS); Micro indentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DETERIORATION; HARDNESS; TENDONS; ULTRASONICS; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

BONE-TENDON INSERTION HEALING; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND (LIPUS); MICRO-INDENTATION;

BONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MATRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HARDNESS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TENDON; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BONE MATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HARDNESS; PATELLA; RABBITS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33244496018     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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