Infrared (810 nm) low-level laser therapy in rat Achilles tendinitis: A consistent alternative to drugs

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1447-1452

  Marcos, Rodrigo Labat ^a   Leal Junior, Ernesto Cesar Pinto ^b   De Moura Messias, Felipe ^b   Catelli De Carvalho, Maria Helena ^a   Pallotta, Rodney Capp ^a   Frigo, Lúcio ^c   Dos Santos, Rosàngela Aparecida ^a   Ramos, Luciano ^a   Teixeira, Simone ^a   Bjordal, Jan Magnus ^d   Lopes Martins, Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INFRARED RADIATION; INJURY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TENDINITIS; WISTAR RAT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER THERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TENDINOPATHY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80055024315     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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