Enforced exercise after blunt trauma significantly affects biomechanical and histological changes in rabbit retro-patellar cartilage

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1177-1183

  Weaver, Brian T ^a   Haut, Roger C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cartilage; Exercise; Osteoarthritis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CARTILAGE; DISEASE CONTROL; EROSION; HISTOLOGY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CAGE CAVITIES; EXERCISES; JOINT CARTILAGE; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAGE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROSION; EXERCISE; HISTOLOGY; KNEE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERTION; HARDNESS; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 15944369566     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.05.041     Document Type: Article

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