The Effect of Therapeutic Ultrasound Intensity on the Ultrastructural Morphology of Tendon Repair

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1750-1754

  Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Fung, Dicky T C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collagen; Rats; Tendon healing; Treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RATS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLLAGEN FIBRILS; TENDON HEALING; ULTRASOUND TREATMENT;

ULTRASONICS;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35448993357     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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