Collagen changes and realignment induced by low-level laser therapy and low-intensity ultrasound in the calcaneal tendon

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 559-565

  Wood, Viviane T ^a   Pinfildi, Carlos E ^a   Neves, Marco A I ^a   Parizoto, Nivaldo A ^b   Hochman, Bernardo ^a   Ferreira, Lydia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Birefringence; Diode laser; Physical therapy; Picrosirius red; Tendon injuries; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; HEALING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955600950     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20932     Document Type: Article

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