Nerve regeneration after radiofrequency application

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1940-1944

  Ochiai, Nobuyasu ^a   Tasto, James P ^b   Ohtori, Seiji ^c   Takahashi, Norimasa ^c   Moriya, Hideshige ^c   Amiel, David ^a  

^a University of California San Diego ^*  (United States)

^b San Diego Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolar radiofrequency; Chronic tendinosis; Microtenotomy; Pain relief

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BETA TUBULIN; BIOTIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EPIDERMIS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; TENDINITIS; TENOTOMY;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CATHETER ABLATION; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 35649028773     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507304175     Document Type: Article

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