Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1750-1754 , November 2007

The Effect of Therapeutic Ultrasound Intensity on the Ultrastructural Morphology of Tendon Repair

  • Gabriel Y.F. Ng

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Gabriel Ng at Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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  • Dicky T.C. Fung

Received 11 December 2006 ,Revised 19 March 2007 ,Accepted 20 May 2007.

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PII: S0301-5629(07)00258-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.05.019

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 11 , Pages 1750-1754 , November 2007

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