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Regular joint loading in youth assists in the establishment and strengthening of the collagen network of articular cartilage and contributes to the prevention of osteoarthrosis later in life: a hypothesis

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland, , , , , , FI

    Heikki J. Helminen, Mika M. Hyttinen, Mikko J. Lammi, Tuomo Lapveteläinen & Markku I. Tammi

  2. Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, , , , , , FI

    Jari P. A. Arokoski

  3. Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, , , , , , FI

    Jukka Jurvelin

  4. Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, , , , , , FI

    Ilkka Kiviranta

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Received: February 2, 2000

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Helminen, H., Hyttinen, M., Lammi, M. et al. Regular joint loading in youth assists in the establishment and strengthening of the collagen network of articular cartilage and contributes to the prevention of osteoarthrosis later in life: a hypothesis. J Bone Miner Metab 18, 245–257 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00010638

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