@article{ref1,
title="Effects of Subfracture Impact Loading on the Patellofemoral Joint in a Rabbit Model",
journal="Proceedings: Stapp Car Crash Conference",
year="1996",
author="Newberry, WN and Haut, Roger C.",
volume="40",
number="",
pages="149-159",
abstract="The influence of subfracture impact loading on the patellofemoral joint in a rabbit is studied. Results show that a single subfracture impact to the joint, of sufficient intensity to produce subtle lesions on retro-atellar articular cartilage, produces no statistical change in the functional mechanical properties of cartilage prior to twelve months post-impact. On the other hand, impact induced cartilage lesions deepen over that timeframe and three months post-impact histological changes are evident in the underlying zone of calcified cartilage and subchondral bone. These result are supported by other studies involving blunt impact trauma to joints.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0585-086X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}