Effects of Ultrasound on Osteotomy Healing in a Rabbit Fracture Model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1635-1643

  Lai, Chien Hung ^a,b   Chuang, Chiung Cheng ^c   Kuan Jung Li, Jimmy ^c   Chen, Shih Ching ^a,b   Hong Shong Chang, Walter ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fractured bone healing; New bone growth; Torsional stiffness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL TESTS; BONE FORMATION; BONE GROWTH; CONTROL GROUPS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; FOUR-GROUP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURED BONES; NEW BONE GROWTH; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; RABBIT MODELS; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONICS;

FRACTURE;

FLUOROCHROME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBULA FRACTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THERAPY EFFECT; TORQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VITAL STAIN;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBULA; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OSTEOTOMY; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STAINING AND LABELING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 80052894697     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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