Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound accelerates osteogenesis at bone-tendon healing junction

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1905-1911

  Qin, Ling ^a   Lu, Hongbin ^a   Fok, Pikkwan ^a   Cheung, Winghoi ^a   Zheng, Yongping ^b   Lee, Kwongman ^a   Leung, Kwoksui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone remodeling; Bone tendon junction repair; Histology; Low intensity pulsed ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BONE; BONE CEMENT; HISTOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TENDONS; ULTRASONICS;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD); BONE REMODELING; BONE TENDON HEALING JUNCTION; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND (LIPUS); OSTEOGENESIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TENDON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; OSTEOGENESIS; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33845410702     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.06.028     Document Type: Article

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