Horses and cows might teach us about human knees.
Naturwissenschaften
; 101(4): 351-4, 2014 Apr.
Article
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| ID: mdl-24585006
ABSTRACT
Our comparative study of the knees of horses and cows (paraphrased as highly evolved joggers and as domesticated couch-potatoes, respectively) demonstrates significant differences in the posterior sections of bovine and equine tibial cartilage, which are consistent with specialisation for gait. These insights were possible using a novel analytical measuring technique based on the shearing of small biopsy samples, called dynamic shear analysis. We assert that this technique could provide a powerful new tool to precisely quantify the pathology of osteoarthritis for the medical field.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Bovinos
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Cartilagem
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Marcha
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Cavalos
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Joelho
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Naturwissenschaften
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido