Therapeutic ultrasound enhances medial collateral ligament repair in rats

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 449-452

  Leung, Mason C P ^a   Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Yip, K K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Healing; Ligament; TGF 1; Therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; LIGAMENTS;

HEALING; TGF-Β1; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALING; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UP-REGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33644826810     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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