Histological analysis of the effects of lasertherapy on the knee of rats in a model of induced osteoarthrits

• Grant number: 11/13717-5
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2011
• Effective date (End): October 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal researcher: Ana Claudia Muniz Renno
• Grantee: Isabela Buck
• Home Institution: Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade (ISS). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Baixada Santista. Santos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this project is to evaluate the effects of lasertherapy on the knees of rats with osteoarthrist. We will use male rats, 3 months, which will be divided in 3 groups: control, treated with laser 10 J/cm and treated with laser 50 J/cm2. To analyse the effects of laser it will be used a histological analysis, morphometric and Safranin,