Long-term repetitive mechanical loading of the knee joint by in vivo muscle stimulation accelerates cartilage degeneration and increases chondrocyte death in a rabbit model
Authors:
- Rafael FortunaRFRafael Fortuna
- Victor ValderrabanoVVVictor Valderrabano
- Walter HerzogWalter Herzog
- 1 June 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Clinical Biomechanics
- Vol. 28 (5) , 536-543
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