In summary, the biomechanical stimulations can augment osteotendinous healing processes by facilitating better fibrocartilagious transitional zone regeneration as well as the restoration of proprioceptions, and the early application showed the more beneficial effects. However, further experimental and clinical studies are still needed to explore the optimal timing, intensity, frequency, and duration of the proposed postoperative biomechanical stimulation protocols. / LIPUS is a "non-contact" biomechanical stimulation, which can provide a direct mechanical stimulation through cavitation and acoustic microstreaming effects to improve tissue healing in a less-than-rigid biomechanical environment. So the mechanical stimulation induced from LIPUS could be applied immediately after surgery without worrying about the mechanical strain exceed the structural property at the osteotendinous healing interface in the early phase of repair. In this part of study, we also examined the effects of the regime of biomechanical stimulations applying immediately after repair on the osteotendinous healing interface. By using the same healing junction model, forty-two female New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into two groups; daily mechanical stimulation was applied immediately after surgery lasting up to post-operative 12 weeks on the healing interface in the treatment group. The regime of mechanical stimulations included by LIPUS was 20 minutes, 5 days per week for 4 weeks, followed by cyclic mechanical stimulation generated from quadriceps muscles induced by FES for 8 weeks. Results showed that early application of biomechanical stimulations on the osteotendinous healing interface were significantly better radiologically, histologically and biomechanically than that of not any or later application of the biomechanical stimulations during the osteotendinous healing processes when assessing at the same healing time point. In addition, the early application of biomechanical stimulations showed the better functional recovery in terms of the restoration of the proprioceptions, which an increased numbers of sensory nerve endings labeled by calcitonin gene-relate peptide (CGRP) was detected in the whole osteotendinous healing complex. / Sports or trauma injuries around osteotendinous junctions are common; treatments usually require surgical reattachment of the involved tendon to bone. Restoration of osteotendinous junction after repair is slow and difficult due to regenerating the intermitted fibrocartilage zone to connect two different characteristic tissues, tendon to bone. Although the factors influencing fibrocartilage zone regeneration and remodeling during osteotendinous repair are poorly understood, however, is believed that the mechanical environment plays an important role in such healing process. In present study, the effects of mechanical stimulation on osteotendinous healing process were examined, in the way of mechanical stimulations induced by biophysical stimulations, surface functional electric stimulation (FES) and low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS), applying on the patellar tendon to patellar bone healing interface in an established partial patellectomy model in rabbits. / The mechanotransductive stimulation linked to the transmission of forces across osteotendinous junction can be generated from its muscle contraction induced by FES. In the partial patellectomy model, thirty-five female New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into two groups with initial immobilization for 6 weeks, daily FES was applied to quadriceps muscles for 30 minutes, 5 days per week for 6 weeks in treatment group and compared with non-treatment control group at postoperative week 6, 12 and 18, radiologically, histologically and biomechanically. Results showed that FES-induced cyclic mechanical stimulation significantly increased new bone formation and its bone mineral density. An elevated expression of tenascin C and TGFbeta1; an increased proteoglycant stainability; mature fibrocartilage zone formation with better resumptions of biomechanical properties also observed on the osteotendinous healing interface, indicating that the post-operative programmed cyclic mechanical stimulation generated from its muscle contraction has beneficial effects on osteotendinous healing processes by facilitating the fibrocartilagious transitional zone regeneration. / by Wang Wen. / Advisers: Kai Ming Chan; Ling Qin. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: B, page: 1550. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-175). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_343865 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Contributors | Wang, Wen, Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Orthopaedics & Traumatology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, theses |
| Format | electronic resource, microform, microfiche, 1 online resource (xxi, 175 p. : ill.) |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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