Localized pulsed magnetic fields for tendonitis therapy

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2006, Pages 428-433

  Owegi, Robert ^a   Johnson, Mary T ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Inflammation; PMF; Tendinitis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

INFLAMMATION; PMF; TENDINITIS; THERAPY;

CHEMOTHERAPY;

ACHILLES FUNCTIONAL INDEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELECTRIC FIELD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GAIT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PSORIASIS; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON SHEATH; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; EDEMA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; MAGNETICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745201852     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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