Ultrasound Phonophoresis of Panax Notoginseng Improves the Strength of Repairing Ligament: A Rat Model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1919-1923

  Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Wong, Richard Y F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese herb; Ligament; Phonophoresis; Tissue biomechanics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMECHANICS; COLLOIDS; GELATION; GELS; LIGAMENTS; MAINTENANCE; RATS; REPAIR; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

CHINESE HERB; CONTROL GROUPS; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PHONOPHORESIS; PULSED ULTRASOUNDS; RAT MODELS; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUNDS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTHS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND THERAPIES; ULTRASOUND TREATMENTS;

ULTRASONICS;

PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MALE; PHONOPHORESIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 56249085550     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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