Correlation between translational and rotational kinematic abnormalities and osteoarthritis-like damage in two in vivo sheep injury models

This study was conducted to determine the finite helical axes parameters and the tibiofemoral translation vector in the knee joints of two surgically induced injury sheep models: anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament transection (ACL/MCL Tx) (n=5) and lateral meniscectomy (n=5). We hypothesized that morphological damage in the experimental joints would be correlated to alterations in these kinematic variables.
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research