Combined application of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound and functional electrical stimulation accelerates bone-tendon junction healing in a rabbit model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-209

  Hu, Jianzhong ^a   Qu, Jin ^a   Xu, Daqi ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Qin, Ling ^b   Lu, Hongbin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bone tendon junction healing; functional electrical stimulation (FES); low intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation (LIPUS); new bone formation; tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

BONE-TENDON JUNCTION HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); LOW-INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION (LIPUS); NEW BONE FORMATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; OSTEOTOMY; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84890555186     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22505     Document Type: Article

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