Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 237-244 , February 2009

Effects of Therapeutic Ultrasound on Joint Mobility and Collagen Fibril Arrangement in the Endomysium of Immobilized Rat Soleus Muscle

  • Minoru Okita

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto Nagasaki, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Minoru Okita, Ph.D., Unit of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8520 Japan
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  • Jiro Nakano

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Hideki Kataoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Nagasaki Memorial Hospital, Fukahori, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Junya Sakamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Nagasaki Memorial Hospital, Fukahori, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Tomoki Origuchi

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Toshiro Yoshimura

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto Nagasaki, Japan

Received 10 March 2008 ,Revised 21 June 2008 ,Accepted 1 September 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00404-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.09.001

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 237-244 , February 2009

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