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| Title |
Can transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation improve achilles tendon healing in rats?
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| Published in |
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0107 |
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| Authors |
Roberta A. C. Folha, Carlos E. Pinfildi, Richard E. Liebano, Érika P. Rampazo, Raphael N. Pereira, Lydia M. Ferreira |
| Abstract |
Tendon injury is one of the most frequent injuries in sports activities. TENS is a physical agent used in the treatment of pain but its influence on the tendon's healing process is unclear. To evaluate the influence of TENS on the healing of partial rupture of the Achilles tendon in rats. Sixty Wistar rats were submitted to a partial rupture of the Achilles tendon by direct trauma and randomized into six groups (TENS or Sham stimulation) and the time of evaluation (7, 14, and 21 days post-injury). Burst TENS was applied for 30 minutes, 6 days, 100 Hz frequency, 2 Hz burst frequency, 200 µs pulse duration, and 300 ms pulse train duration. Microscopic analyses were performed to quantify the blood vessels and mast cells, birefringence to quantify collagen fiber alignment, and immunohistochemistry to quantify types I and III collagen fibers. A significant interaction was observed for collagen type I (p=0.020) where the TENS group presented lower percentage in 14 days after the lesion (p=0.33). The main group effect showed that the TENS group presented worse collagen fiber alignment (p=0.001) and lower percentage of collagen III (p=0.001) and the main time effect (p=0.001) showed decreased percentage of collagen III at 7 days (p=0.001) and 14 days (p=0.001) after lesion when compared to 21 days. Burst TENS inhibited collagen I and III production and impaired its alignment during healing of partial rupture of the Achilles tendon in rats. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 12 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 19% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Engineering | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 January 2016.
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#7,155,348
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#240
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#113,744
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Outputs of similar age from Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
#2
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