Effect of early and delayed mechanical loading on tendon-to-bone healing after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2387-2401

  Bedi, Asheesh ^a   Kovacevic, David ^a   Fox, Alice J S ^a   Imhauser, Carl W ^a   Stasiak, Mark ^a   Packer, Jonathan ^a   Brophy, Robert H ^b   Deng, Xiang Hua ^a   Rodeo, Scott A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Washington University Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; LOADING TEST; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCLAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TIBIA; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOCLASTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78049461813     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01270     Document Type: Article

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