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Short-term effects of vacuum massage on epidermal and dermal thickness and density in burn scars: an experimental study

BACKGROUND: Vacuum massage is a non-invasive mechanical massage technique invented to treat burns and scars. To date, no effects of vacuum massage on thickness and density of human scar tissue have been reported. The process in which external stimuli are converted into biochemical responses in the c...

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Autores principales: Meirte, Jill, Moortgat, Peter, Anthonissen, Mieke, Maertens, Koen, Lafaire, Cynthia, De Cuyper, Lieve, Hubens, Guy, Van Daele, Ulrike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27574695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41038-016-0052-x