Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment (ESWT) improves in vitro functional activities of ruptured human tendon-derived tenocytes.

In vitro models of human tenocytes derived from healthy as well as from ruptured tendons were established, characterized and used at very early passage (P1) to evaluate the effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment (ESWT). The molecular analysis of traditional tenocytic markers, including Scler...

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Main Authors: Laura Leone, Mario Vetrano, Danilo Ranieri, Salvatore Raffa, Maria Chiara Vulpiani, Andrea Ferretti, Maria Rosaria Torrisi, Vincenzo Visco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3506633?pdf=render