Abstract: Joint injury often involves a stretching or loosening of the supporting ligaments. This joint laxity can be increasingly deleterious over time and may lead to osteoarthritis. Decreasing joint laxity is a clinical goal of ligament reconstructions. No study has addressed the possibility of tightening ligaments by heat. This pilot study examined the mechanical and histological effects of the shrinkage of human ligaments. !0
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