TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Effects of Subfracture Impact Loading on the Patellofemoral Joint in a Rabbit Model
JO  - Proceedings: Stapp Car Crash Conference
A1  - Newberry, WN
A1  - Haut, Roger C.
SP  - 149
EP  - 159
VL  - 40
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0585-086X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -