Abstract: Soft-tissue thermotherapy based on sub-ablative heating of collagenous tissues finds widespread application in medicine such as tissue welding, thermokeratoplasty, skin resurfacing, elimination of ...

Abstract: There are two important factors that accompany heat-induced shrinkage of collagenous tissues: mechanical property degradation and partial recovery from the shrunken length (elongation) upon returning ...

Abstract: Subablative thermotherapy is frequently used for the treatment of joint instability related diseases. In this therapy, mechanically deformed collagenous tissues are thermally shrunk and the stability ...