Pulsed Magnetic Field Therapy Increases Tensile Strength in a Rat Achilles' Tendon Repair Model

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1131-1135

  Strauch, Berish ^a   Patel, Mitesh K ^a   Rosen, Daniel J ^a   Mahadevia, Soham ^a   Brindzei, Nelia ^a   Pilla, Arthur A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulsed electromagnetic fields; rat model; tendon repair

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GROWTH FACTOR; PLACEBO;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM BINDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALING; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33748157929     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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