Ligament Injury and Healing: A Review of Current Clinical Diagnostics and Therapeutics
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Ligament injuries are among the most common causes of musculoskeletal joint pain and disability encountered in primary practice today. Ligament injures create disruptions in the balance between joint mobility and joint stability, causing abnormal force transmission through the joint, which results in damage to other structures in and around the joint. The long-term consequence of nonhealed ligament injury is osteoarthritis, the most common joint disorder in the world
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