title: Effects of low-power LED and therapeutic ultrasound in the tissue healing and inflammation in a tendinitis experimental model in rats.
abstract: This work evaluated the anti-inflammatory response of low-power light-emitting diode (LED) and ultrasound (US) therapies and the quality and rapidness of tendon repair in an experimental model of tendinitis, employing histomorphometry and Raman spectroscopy. Tendinitis was induced by collagenase into the right tendon of 35 male Wistar rats with an average weight of 230 g. The animals were randomly separated into seven groups of five animals each: tendinitis without treatment-control (TD7 and TD14, where 1 and 2 indicated sacrifice on the 7th and 14th day, respectively), tendinitis submitted to US therapy (US7 and US14) and tendinitis submitted to LED therapy (LED7 and LED14). Contralateral tendons of the TD group at the 14th day were used as the healthy group (H). US treatment was applied in pulsed mode at 10 %, 1 MHz frequency, 0.5 W/cm(2), 120 s. LED therapy parameters were 4 J/cm(2), 120 s, daily dose at the same time and same point. Sacrifice was performed on the 7th or 14th day. Histomorphometric analysis showed lower number of fibroblasts on the 14th day of therapy for the US-treated group, compared to the TD and LED, indicating lower tissue inflammation. Raman showed that the LED group had an increase in the amount of collagen I and III from the 7th to the 14th day, which would indicate more organized fibers and a better quality of the healing, and US showed lower collagen I synthesis in the 14th day compared to H, indicating a lower tissue reorganization.
authors: Biomedical Engineering Institute, Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco-UNICASTELO, Parque Tecnológico de São José dos Campos, Estr. Dr. Altino Bondesan, 500, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, 12247-016, manoelmoura20@yahoo.com.br.
authors: Manoel de Jesus
authors: Mde J
authors: Moura Júnior
authors: Emilia Ângela Loschiavo
authors: EÂ
authors: Arisawa
authors: Airton Abrahão
authors: AA
authors: Martin
authors: Janderson Pereira
authors: JP
authors: de Carvalho
authors: José Mário Nunes
authors: JM
authors: da Silva
authors: José Figueiredo
authors: JF
authors: Silva
authors: Landulfo
authors: L
authors: Silveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000378:metabolism; D024061:Collagen Type III / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D024042:Collagen Type I; D024061:Collagen Type III
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