Thomas D. Brown

TL;DR: This newer evidence suggests that AFFs are stress or insufficiency fractures, and studies with radiographic review consistently report significant associations between A FFs and BP use, although the strength and magnitude of effect vary.

TL;DR: A population-based estimate was formulated, based on one large institution's experience in terms of its fraction of patients with OA presenting to lower-extremity adult reconstructive clinics with Oa of posttraumatic origin, that approximately 12% of the overall prevalence of symptomatic OA is attributable to posttraumatic OA of the hip, knee, or ankle.

TL;DR: The functional attributes of several dozen systems developed for mechanical stimulation of cell and tissue cultures, including their major advantages and disadvantages, are reviewed.

TL;DR: The hypotheses that in osteoarthrosis substructural disorganization of the matrix proceeds chondrocytic enzyme production, that impulsive loading is an essential factor in the progressive cartilage destruction, and that tidemark advancement and horizontal cartilage splitting are the primary mechanisms ingressive cartilage loss are discussed are discussed.

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to compare the structural properties of a new vs. established design of composite replicate femurs and tibias, and found the new SGFR bones were significantly less stiff than the FFR bones, although both bone designs reasonably approximated the structural stiffnesses of natural human bones.