The response of articular cartilage to mechanical injury.

J Bone Joint Surg Am · 1982 · Classic · cited 1,230 times

H J Mankin

Sports Medicine

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONThis 1982 JBJS paper addresses how articular cartilage responds biologically and structurally to mechanical injury.

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