Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of therapeutic ultrasound (US) on medial collateral ligament healing. A total of 36 3-month-old male Sprague–Dawley rats with transected medial collateral ligaments were studied. Subjects were given 5-min pulsed US therapy (duty cycle; one application in 4 ms; 1:4) daily with different durations (1 day, 5 days and 10 days) and intensities (0, 0.5 and 2.3 W/cm 2). After each treatment, the level of transforming growth factor beta- 1 (TGF-β 1) of the ligament was measured. TGF-β 1 was not detected in the 1-day group. In the 5-day and 10-day groups, the levels of TGF-β 1 were significantly up-regulated in the high-dose subgroup ( p < 0.05). The 10-day group also registered a significantly higher expression of TGF-β 1 than did the 5-day group ( p < 0.05). The present findings suggest that pulsed US therapy may enhance ligament repair by up-regulating the extent of TGF-β 1 in a high-dose application. Long-term treatment with this therapy could obtain further improvement. (E-mail: rsmcpleung@polyu.edu.hk)
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