Developing a Living Composite Ligament by Combining Prolotherapy and Nanoparticles as Treatment for Damaged Connective Tissue

Significant cost and debilitation results from connective tissue injury and disease every year. Prolotherapy is an effective medical treatment used to increase joint stability. However, most associated studies are retrospective or case studies, rather than comprehensive laboratory investigation orig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Empson, Yvonne Marie
Other Authors: Biomedical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78114
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05132014-145516/