Electrical field stimulation improves bone mineral density in ovariectomized rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1501-1505

  Lirani Galvao A P R ^a,b   Bergamaschi, C T ^a   Silva, O L ^c   Lazaretti Castro, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Electrical stimulation; Osteogenesis; Osteoporosis; Ovariectomy; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RAT; SPINE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33847619299     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006001100014     Document Type: Article

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