Clinical biomechanics
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Clinical biomechanics · May 2006
Low intensity pulsed ultrasound increases the matrix hardness of the healing tissues at bone-tendon insertion-a partial patellectomy model in rabbits.
This study evaluated the low intensity pulsed ultrasound enhancement on matrix hardness of the healing tissues at the bone-tendon junction. ⋯ The preliminary findings suggested for the first time that low intensity pulsed ultrasound treatment resulted in the enhancement of the matrix hardness in new bone, fibrocartilage, cartilaginous metaplasia, and healing tendon at the healing bone-tendon junction. These findings can be extrapolated into clinical practice, i.e. the more rapid healing induced by low intensity pulsed ultrasound, the earlier mobilization of the affected joint. The beneficial effects on prevention of the musculoskeletal deterioration resulting from the prolonged immobilization would be therefore expected.