Nerve Regeneration
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2002 Oct;28(10):1335-41.
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound accelerates the regeneration of the sciatic
nerve after neurotomy in rats.
Crisci AR, Ferreira AL.  Link

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2001 Apr;12(2):353-7.
Acceleration of recovery after injury to the peripheral nervous system using
ultrasound and other therapeutic modalities.
Lazar DA, Curra FP, Mohr B, McNutt
LD, Kliot M, Mourad PD.  
Link

Muscle Nerve. 2002 Sep;26(3):356-61.
Ultrasound therapy facilitates the recovery of acute pressure-induced
conduction block of the median nerve in rabbits
. Paik NJ, Cho SH, Han TR. Link

Neurosurgery. 2001 May;48(5):1136-40; discussion 1140-1.
Ultrasound accelerates functional recovery after peripheral nerve damage.
Mourad PD, Lazar DA, Curra FP, Mohr BC, Andrus KC, Avellino AM, McNutt LD, Crum LA,
Kliot M.
Link

Metabolic Effects
J Thromb Haemost. 2004 Apr;2(4):637-43.
Low-intensity ultrasound increases endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase activity
and nitric oxide synthesis.
Altland OD, Dalecki D, Suchkova VN, Francis CW.  Link

Increased Fracture Healing
Warden SJ, Favaloro JM, Bennell KL, McMeeken JM, Ng KW, Zajac JD, Wark JD.  
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulates a bone-forming response in UMR-106
cells
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2001 Aug 24;286(3):443-50.  Link

Warden SJ, Bennell KL, McMeeken JM, Wark JD.  Acceleration of fresh fracture
repair using the sonic accelerated fracture healing system (SAFHS): a review.
 
Calcif Tissue Int. 2000 Feb;66(2):157-63. Review.   
 Link

Increased Collagen Repair
Da Cunha A, Parizotto NA, Vidal Bde C.  The effect of therapeutic ultrasound on
repair of the achilles tendon (tendo calcaneus) of the rat.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2001 Dec;27(12):1691-6.  Link

Demir H, Yaray S, Kirnap M, Yaray K.  Comparison of the effects of laser and
ultrasound treatments on experimental wound healing in rats.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004 Sep;41(5):721-8.  Link

Improved Resolution of Inflammation
Young SR, Dyson M.  Macrophage responsiveness to therapeutic ultrasound.  
Ultrasound Med Biol. 1990;16(8):809-16.  Link

Increased Tissue Healing
Young SR, Dyson M.  Effect of therapeutic ultrasound on the healing of
full-thickness excised skin lesions
. Ultrasonics. 1990 May;28(3):175-80.  Link

Young SR, Dyson M.  The effect of therapeutic ultrasound on angiogenesis.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 1990;16(3):261-9.  
Link

Increased Membrane Permeability
Dinno MA, Dyson M, Young SR, Mortimer AJ, Hart J, Crum LA.  The significance of
membrane changes in the safe and effective use of therapeutic and diagnostic
ultrasound
.  Phys Med Biol. 1989 Nov;34(11):1543-52. Review.  Link

Sundaram J, Mellein BR, Mitragotri S.  An experimental and theoretical analysis of
ultrasound-induced permeabilization of cell membranes.
 Biophys J. 2003
May;84(5):3087-101.  
Link

Accelerated Fibrinolysis
Harpaz D.  Ultrasound enhancement of thrombolytic therapy: observations and
mechanisms.
Int J Cardiovasc Intervent. 2000 Jun;3(2):81-89.  Link

Harpaz D, Chen X, Francis CW, Meltzer RS.  Ultrasound accelerates
urokinase-induced thrombolysis and reperfusion.
 Am Heart J. 1994
May;127(5):1211-9.  
Link

Harpaz D, Chen X, Francis CW, Marder VJ, Meltzer RS.  Ultrasound enhancement of
thrombolysis and reperfusion in vitro.
 J Am Coll Cardiol. 1993 May;21(6):1507-11.  
Link

Increased matrix/collagen synthesis
Webster DF, Harvery W, Dyson M, Pond JB.  The role of ultrasound-induced
cavitation in the 'in vitro' stimulation of collagen synthesis in human fibroblasts.
 
Ultrasonics. 1980 Jan;18(1):33-7.  Link

Webster DF, Pond JB, Dyson M, Harvey W.  
The role of cavitation in the in vitro
stimulation of protein synthesis in human fibroblasts by ultrasound.
 Ultrasound
Med Biol. 1978;4(4):343-51. No abstract available.  
Link

Arthritis
Huang MH, Lin YS, Lee CL, Yang RC.  Use of ultrasound to increase effectiveness
of isokinetic exercise for knee osteoarthritis.
 Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005
Aug;86(8):1545-51.
 Link

Huang MH, Tsau JC, Ding HJ, Chai CY, Yang RC.  The role of mucopolysaccharide
induction in treatment of experimental osteoarthritis in rats by ultrasound.
 
Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 1997 Nov;13(11):661-70.  
Link

Huang MH, Ding HJ, Chai CY, Huang YF, Yang RC.  Effects of sonication on articular
cartilage in experimental osteoarthritis.
 J Rheumatol. 1997 Oct;24(10):1978-84.  
Link

Wound Care
Byl NN, McKenzie AL, West JM, Whitney JD, Hunt TK, Scheuenstuhl HA. Low-dose
ultrasound effects on wound healing: a controlled study with Yucatan pigs.
Arch
Phys Med Rehabil. 1992 Jul;73(7):656-64  
Link
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