Effects of electroacupuncture on a degenerated intervertebral disc using an in-vivo rat-tail model

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Lai, A ^a   Chow, Daniel H K ^a   Siu, W S ^a   Holmes, A D ^a   Tang, F H ^a   Leung, M C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Disc height; Electroacupuncture; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Rat tail model

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RATS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE;

DEGENERATED DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; STATIC COMPRESSIVE LOADING;

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; RATS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TAIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; COMPRESSIVE LOADING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENTS; DISC HEIGHT; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; INTER-VERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; RAT-TAIL MODELS;

EID: 42649088793     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM282     Document Type: Article

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