Reduction of knee joint load suppresses cartilage degeneration, osteophyte formation, and synovitis in early-stage osteoarthritis using a post-traumatic rat model

• Ikufumi Takahashi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t_ikuhumi@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Section of Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1924-3101

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• Keisuke Takeda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section of Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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• Taro Matsuzaki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2292-4007

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• Hiroshi Kuroki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Motor Function Analysis, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Masahiro Hoso

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

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