F Abat, S L Valles, P E Gelber, F Polidori, T P Stitik, S García-Herreros, J C Monllau, J M Sanchez-Ibánez
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the molecular mechanisms of tissue response after treatment with the Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI(®)) technique in collagenase-induced tendinopathy in Sprague-Dawley rats. METHODS: Tendinopathy was induced by injecting 50 μg of type i collagenase into the patellar tendon of 24 Sprague Dawley rats of 7 months of age and weighting 300 g. The sample was divided into 4 groups: the control group, collagenase group, and two EPI(®) technique treatment groups of 3 and 6 mA, respectively...
July 2014: Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología