The combined treatment effects of therapeutic laser and exercise on tendon repair

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-141

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; LASER RADIATION; MUSCLE; RATS; STIFFNESS;

ACHILLES TENDONS; LASER ENERGY; LASER THERAPY; LASER TREATMENT;

LASER SURGERY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUNNING; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 43049123469     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2145     Document Type: Article

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