The objective of the study was to determine whether strenuous running exercise produces a significant amount of fibrosis in the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) of the knee and whether intraarticular injections of hyaluronan (HA) protect fibrosis in the IFP in a rat running model. Strenuous running exercise was performed on a rodent treadmill with 5% inclination using Wistar rats. After the exercise...

The infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) secretes inflammatory mediators in osteoarthritic knees, but the effect of aging on IFP inflammation is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that aging increases basal and interleukin-1β (IL-1β)-stimulated IFP inflammation in 10-, 20-, and 30-month-old male F344BN F1-hybrid rats. IFPs were cultured ex vivo for 24 hours and treated ±1ng/mL IL-1β to simulate injury-in...

The interstitial fluid transport plays an important role in terms of its effect on the delivery of therapeutic agents to the cancerous organs. In this study, a comprehensive numerical simulation of the interstitial fluid transport establishing 3D models of tumor and normal tissue is accomplished. Different shapes of solid tumors and their surrounding normal tissues are selected, by employing th...

1 يوجشناد سانشراک ی ،هیذغت مولع دشرا ،نارهت یکشزپ مولع هاگشناد ،یسانش میژر و هیذغت هدکشناد ناریا 2 لوئسم هدنسیون : هورگ رایداتسا هیذغت هعماج ،ناریا ،نارهت یکشزپ مولع هاگشناد ،یسانش میژر و هیذغت هدکشناد ، یکینورتکلا تسپ : [email protected] 3 داتسا هورگ هیذغت هعماج هدکشناد، هیذغت میژرو هاگشناد،ینامرد مولع یکشزپ ،نارهت ناریا 4 يارتکد تملاس تاقیقحت یلم وتیتسنا ،ناهفصا یتشادهب ت...

CONTEXT The infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) is in the anterior knee compartment and may be a major pain generator. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A PubMed database search using the terms Hoffas fat pad, anterior interval, and infrapatellar fat pad was performed from the years 1970 to 2015. STUDY DESIGN Clinical review. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 5. RESULTS Limited research exists examining the role of t...

BACKGROUND To date, prognostic outcome factors for patients undergoing arthroscopic treatment due to chronic patellar tendinopathy (PT) are lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether preoperatively assessed MRI parameters might be of prognostic value for prediction of functional outcome and return to sports in arthroscopic treatment of chronic PT. METHODS A prospective coho...

Elevated interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) may constitute a significant physiological barrier to drug delivery in solid tumors. Strategies for overcoming this barrier have not been developed to date. To identify and characterize various mechanisms regulating IFP and to develop strategies for overcoming the IFP barrier, we modeled the tumor as a poroelastic solid. We used this model to simulate ...

Perivascular stem cells (PSCs) are the natural ancestors of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and are the stem cells responsible for homeostasis and repair in vivo. Prospectively identified and isolated PSCs have demonstrated increased plasticity and osteogenic potential. Cells from the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) have demonstrated increased chondrogenic potential compared with those from subcutane...