The effects of Low-intensity Pulsed Ultrasound on tendon-bone healing in a transosseous-equivalent sheep rotator cuff model

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 466-475

  Lovric, Vedran ^a   Ledger, Michael ^a   Goldberg, Jerome ^a   Harper, Wade ^a   Bertollo, Nicky ^a   Pelletier, Matthew H ^a   Oliver, Rema A ^a   Yu, Yan ^a   Walsh, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entheses; Low intensity Pulsed Ultrasound; Ovine model; Rotator cuff repair; Tendon bone healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872660431     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1972-z     Document Type: Article

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