An experimental study of low-level laser therapy in rat Achilles tendon injury

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-111

  Joensen, Jon ^a,b   Gjerdet, Nils Roar ^b   Hummelsund, Steinar ^a   Iversen, Vegard ^a   Lopes Martins, Rodrigo Alvaro B ^c   Bjordal, Jan Magnus ^a,b  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Laboratory of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute injury; Edema; LLLT; Rat Achilles; Ultimate tensile strength; Ultrasonographic imaging

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACHILLES TENDON TRAUMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDEMA; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84863445108     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-011-0925-y     Document Type: Article

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