Journal article
Relationships Between Tibiofemoral Contact Forces and Cartilage Morphology at 2 to 3 Years After Single-Bundle Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and in Healthy Knees
DJ Saxby, AL Bryant, X Wang, L Modenese, P Gerus, JM Konrath, KL Bennell, K Fortin, T Wrigley, FM Cicuttini, CJ Vertullo, JA Feller, T Whitehead, P Gallie, DG Lloyd
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2017
Abstract
Background: Prevention of knee osteoarthritis (OA) following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture and reconstruction is vital. Risk of postreconstruction knee OA is markedly increased by concurrent meniscal injury. It is unclear whether reconstruction results in normal relationships between tibiofemoral contact forces and cartilage morphology and whether meniscal injury modulates these relationships. Hypotheses: Since patients with isolated reconstructions (ie, without meniscal injury) are at lower risk for knee OA, we predicted that relationships between tibiofemoral contact forces and cartilage morphology would be similar to those of normal, healthy knees 2 to 3 years postreconstructio..
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One or more of the authors has declared the following potential conflict of interest or source of funding: Funding support for this research was received from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council to A.L.B., D.G.L., K.L.B., and F.M.C. (grant No. 628850), as well as the National Health and Medical Research Council R.D. Wright Biomedical Fellowship and Principal Research Fellowship to authors A.L.B. and K.L.B., respectively. The work of author L.M. was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through grant EP/K03877X/1. D.J.S. received a PhD scholarship and stipend awards from Griffith University, as well as a PhD matching dissertation grant from the International Society of Biomechanics. T.W. is a lecturer for Smith & Nephew and Arthrex, receives research support from Smith & Nephew, and is a consultant for Medacta. C.J.V. receives funding from Smith & Nephew.