Changes of articular cartilage after imm
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Yoshihiro Hagiwara; Akira Ando; Eiichi Chimoto; Yoshifumi Saijo; Kaori Ohmori-Ma
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract The objective was to determine the changes of articular cartilage of the knee joint during immobilization in a rat model. The knee joints of adult male rats were immobilized at 150ยฐ of flexion using an internal fixator for 3 days, and 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 weeks. The articular cartilage fr