Low-level mechanical stimulation is sufficient to improve tendon healing in rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1398-1402

  Andersson, Therese ^a   Eliasson, Pernilla ^a   Hammerman, Malin ^a   Sandberg, Olof ^a   Aspenberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Hindlimb unloading; Immobilization; Mechanical stress; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84868323981     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00491.2012     Document Type: Article

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