Effects of a therapeutic laser and passive stretching program for treating tendon overuse

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-159

  Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Chung, Polly Y M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES; ACHILLES TENDONS; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COMBINED TREATMENT; FOUR-GROUP; LASER TREATMENT; NORMAL CONTROLS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RUNNING CONTROL; TENDINOPATHY; TRAUMATIC INJURY; TREATMENT EFFECTS; TREATMENT GROUP; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; RATS; TENDONS;

STIFFNESS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; INJURY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENDINITIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857619877     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2011.3095     Document Type: Article

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