A Comprehensive Framework to Evaluate the Effects of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Reconstruction on Graft and Cartilage Status through the Analysis of MRI T2 Relaxation Time and Knee Laxity: A Pilot Study.
Gregorio MarchioriGiorgio CassiolasMatteo BerniAlberto GrassiGiacomo Dal FabbroMilena FiniGiuseppe FilardoStefano ZaffagniniNicola Francesco LopomoPublished in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
This preliminary study represents a step forward in assessing the effects of ACL graft maturation on knee biomechanics, and vice versa. The presented integrated framework underlines the possibility to quantitatively assess the impact of ACL reconstruction on trauma recovery and cartilage homeostasis. Moreover, the reported findings-despite the preliminary nature of the clinical impacts-evidence the possibility of monitoring the surgery outcomes using a multi-parametric prognostic investigation tool.
Keyphrases
- anterior cruciate ligament
- total knee arthroplasty
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance imaging
- extracellular matrix
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- coronary artery bypass
- knee osteoarthritis
- contrast enhanced
- type diabetes
- computed tomography
- adipose tissue
- single molecule
- magnetic resonance
- metabolic syndrome
- diffusion weighted imaging
- surgical site infection
- trauma patients
- skeletal muscle
- glycemic control