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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Early osteoarthritis"”.
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Early Osteoarthritis: A multi-scale structural and mechanical investigation
… cartilage, and subchondral bone during the early stages of the development of the disease osteoarthritis (OA). The bovine patella was first validated as a model for intact human cartilage. The bovine patella exhibited proliferative and progressive degenerative changes that were shown to …
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Changes in 3 Dimensional Microstructures of Subchondral Cancellous Bone of Distal Femur in Early Osteoarthritis
PURPOSE: Osteoarthritis is believed to be a mutual process caused not only by articular cartilage but also by subchondral cancellous bone, ligaments, and synovium. This study was designed to explore what changes occurs in subchondral cancellous bone in early osteoarthritis and find out the relation …
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Regulation of chondroprogenitor cell gene expression and migration
… to investigate gene expression changes during osteoarthritis and chondrogenesis is key in understanding how the disease develops and how cartilage might attempt to repair itself. In this thesis, an enhanced model of chondrogenesis of the murine ATDC5 chondroprogenitor cell line was developed …
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The Mechanism of Action of Hyaluronan Therapy as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis and the Assessment of Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage Using Ultrasound
<p dir="ltr"><b>Description</b></p><p dir="ltr">Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive joint disease that affects millions of people worldwide and remains difficult to diagnose early and to treat effectively. Existing imaging techniques often only detect osteoarthritic damage after substantial …