Low-Level Laser Therapy and Cryotherapy as Mono- and Adjunctive Therapies for Achilles Tendinopathy in Rats.
RatOtherWistarn = Six groups of six rats; 36 in total1 h after trauma
Model: Traumatic Achilles tendon injury (tendinopathy)
All treatments shifted the inflammatory process in an anti-inflammatory direction, with significant cytokine changes only in the laser and combined groups, and cryotherapy followed by low-level laser therapy was the only treatment that improved rupture force and displacement alongside the best hist…
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