Mechanical behavior of articular cartilage after osteochondral autograft transfer in an ovine model

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-563

  Kleemann, Ralf U ^a   Schell, Hanna ^a   Thompson, Mark ^a   Epari, Devakara R ^a   Duda, Georg N ^a   Weiler, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage mechanics; Cartilage repair; Indentation; Osteochondral autograft plug transfer; Osteochondral defect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE GRAFT; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; FEMUR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34250704129     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506296311     Document Type: Article

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