Comparison of the effects of laser, ultrasound, and combined laser + ultrasound treatments in experimental tendon healing

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Demir, Huseyin ^a,c   Menku, Pinar ^b   Kirnap, Mehmet ^a   Calis, Mustafa ^a   Ikizceli, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b Kayseri State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laser; Physical medicine; Rat; Tendon healing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; GALLIUM ARSENIDE LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4043071249     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20046     Document Type: Article

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