Effect of short-duration low-magnitude cyclic loading versus immobilization on tendon-bone healing after ACL reconstruction in a rat model

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-393

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; IMMOBILIZATION; INFLAMMATION; LIGAMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PATELLA TENDON; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT DURATION LOW MAGNITUDE CYCLIC AXIAL LOADING; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951902679     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00933     Document Type: Article

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