Response of knee ligaments to prolotherapy in a rat injury model

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1347-1357

  Jensen, Kristina T ^a,b   Rabago, David P ^c,e   Best, Thomas M ^d   Patterson, Jeffrey J ^c   Vanderby Jr , Ray ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextrose; Healing; Medial collateral ligament; Saline; Subfailure damage

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GLUCOSE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLOTHERAPY; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GLUCOSE; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINT INSTABILITY; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS;

EID: 47349106815     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508314431     Document Type: Article

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