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| Paiva,A.G.; Yanagihara,G.R.; Macedo,A.P.; Ramos,J.; Issa,J.P.M.; Shimano,A.C.. |
| Osteoporosis has become a serious global public health issue. Hence, osteoporotic fracture healing has been investigated in several previous studies because there is still controversy over the effect osteoporosis has on the healing process. The current study aimed to analyze two different periods of bone healing in normal and osteopenic rats. Sixty, 7-week-old female Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: unrestricted and immobilized for 2 weeks after osteotomy (OU2), suspended and immobilized for 2 weeks after osteotomy (OS2), unrestricted and immobilized for 6 weeks after osteotomy (OU6), and suspended and immobilized for 6 weeks after osteotomy (OS6). Osteotomy was performed in the middle third of the right tibia 21 days after tail... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Osteoporosis; Osteotomy; Fracture healing; Immobilization; Rats. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016000300708 |
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