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Spontaneous osteoarthritis in Str/ort mice is unlikely due to greater vulnerability to mechanical trauma.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 May 2013
Poulet B, Westerhof T A T, Hamilton R W, Shefelbine S J, Pitsillides A A
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OBJECTIVE: Relative contributions of genetic and mechanical factors to osteoarthritis (OA) remain ill-defined. We have used a joint loading model found to produce focal articular cartilage (AC) lesions, to address whether genetic susceptibility to OA in Str/ort mice is related to AC vulnerability to mechanical trauma and whether joint loading influences spontaneous OA development. We also develop finite element...
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