The two injury models cause differences in post-injury bone morphometry, and surgical transection may be introducing confounding factors that affect downstream bony remodeling.
This is the first 3D quantification of preclinical AC remodeling after ACL injury. Both injury models induced similar changes in AC morphology, but Transection exhibited higher tibial S and a greater degree of posterior tibial degeneration. We conclude that AC degeneration is a time-, compartment-, and injury-dependent cascade.
Cartilage analysis using parameterization effectively characterized early degeneration in AC, including sub-compartmental thickening/thinning, and is a powerful tool for assessing degeneration in preclinical osteoarthritis.
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