Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1109-1118 , July 2009

Shockwave Exerts Osteogenic Effect on Osteoporotic Bone In an Ovariectomized Goat Model

  • Kam-Fai Tam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • Wing-Hoi Cheung, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • Kwong-Man Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • Ling Qin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • ,
  • Kwok-Sui Leung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kwok-Sui Leung, MD, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Received 14 July 2008 ,Revised 18 December 2008 ,Accepted 3 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.01.001

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