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http://dx.doi.org/10.9718/JBER.2008.29.1.040

A Study of Ultrasound Rehabilitation Therapy: Physiological Effects by Change of Ultrasound Intensity  

Kim, S.M. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Science, Konkuk University)
Lee, M.P. (Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Konkuk University)
Choi, B.C. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Choonhae College)
Choi, S.H. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Science, Konkuk University)
Bae, H.S. (School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University)
Jung, H.S. (Department of Public Health Adminstration, Ju-Seong College)
Park, S.Y. (Korea Food and Drug Adminstration)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.29, no.1, 2008 , pp. 40-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
Therapeutic ultrasound which is developed for rehabilitation therapy have already been used for healing joint contracture, synechia, acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Medical devices for pain-relief and healing using therapeutic ultrasound are actively being developed. This study measured the change of PTT with the transmitted ultrasound through the human body to find out the increase of compliance of blood vessels. Measurement method of PTT in this study is employed as useful ways to acquire physiological information of patients in the clinical case in order to measure the change of mechanical characteristics of blood vessels. This study confirmed the PTT change of rehabilitation patients through the thermal effects of ultrasound by using PTT and also found that it is possible to increase PTT by adjusting the warm water and ultrasound. The increase of PTT means the decrease of the pulse wave velocity from the cardiovascular system to the peripheral arteries. The physiological effects occurred using the warm water and ultrasound.
Keywords
ultrasound therapy; pulse transit time; rehabilitation treatment; thermal effects;
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