Effects of phonophoresis with Arnica montana onto acute inflammatory process in rat skeletal muscles: An experimental study

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 466-471

  Alfredo, Patrícia P ^a   Anaruma, Carlos A ^b   Pião, Antônio C S ^b   João, Silvia M A ^a   Casarotto, Raquel A ^a  

^a University Medical School   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arnica montana; Muscle lesion; Phonophoresis; Therapeutic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS; ARNICA MONTANA; CELL COUNTS; CELL DENSITIES; CONTROL GROUPS; DUTY CYCLES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FOUR GROUPS; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY PROCESS; LEVEL SETS; MALE RATS; MONONUCLEAR CELLS; PHONOPHORESIS; PULSED MODES; RAT SKELETAL MUSCLES; THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANIMALS; GELATION; GELS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASONICS;

MUSCLE;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MYOSITIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARNICA; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; PHONOPHORESIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 64249160156     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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