10.6084/m9.figshare.5666392.v1 Eduardo Louzada da Costa Eduardo Louzada da Costa Luiz Eduardo Moreira Teixeira Luiz Eduardo Moreira Teixeira Bruno Jannotti Pádua Bruno Jannotti Pádua Ivana Duval de Araújo Ivana Duval de Araújo Leonardo de Souza Vasconcellos Leonardo de Souza Vasconcellos Luide Scalioni Borges Dias Luide Scalioni Borges Dias Biomechanical study of the effect of platelet rich plasma on the treatment of medial collateral ligament lesion in rabbits SciELO journals 2017 Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee Knee Injuries Rabbits 2017-12-05 08:39:24 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Biomechanical_study_of_the_effect_of_platelet_rich_plasma_on_the_treatment_of_medial_collateral_ligament_lesion_in_rabbits/5666392 <div><p>Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the use of platelet-rich plasma in the early stages of healing of traumatic injury of the medial collateral ligament in the knee of rabbits. Methods: Thirty rabbits were subjected to surgical lesion of the medial collateral ligament. Of these, 16 were treated with platelet-rich plasma and 14 with saline (control). After 3 and 6 weeks of treatment, 50% of the animals from each group were sacrificed, and biomechanical tests were performed on the injured ligament to compare the tensile strength between the two groups. Results: Platelet-rich plasma significantly increased the tensile strength of the ligament in the groups treated after3 and 6 weeks. In the group treated with platelet-rich plasma vs. saline, the tensile strength values were 3192.5 ± 189.7 g/f vs. 2851.1 ± 193.1 g/f at3 weeks (p = 0.005) and 5915.6 ± 832.0 g/f vs. 4187.6 ± 512.9 g/f at 6 weeks (p = 0.0001). Conclusion: The use of platelet-rich plasma at the injury site accelerated ligament healing in an animal model, demonstrated by an increase in the tensile strength of the medial collateral ligament.</p></div>