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The American Journal of Sports Medicine 27:738-741 (1999)
© 1999 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

The Early Effect of Ibuprofen on the Mechanical Properties of Healing Medial Collateral Ligament

Claude T. Moorman, III, MD, Udita Kukreti, PhD, David C. Fenton, MS and Stephen M. Belkoff, PhD*

Sports Medicine Program and Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

* Address correspondence and reprint requests to Stephen M. Belkoff, PhD, c/o Elaine P. Bulson, Editor, Shock Trauma Orthopaedics, 22 South Greene Street, Room T3R64, Baltimore, MD 21201-1595

We tested the hypothesis that injured ligaments in rabbits treated with ibuprofen would have decreased values of mechanical properties compared with the values of those treated with a placebo. In 24 New Zealand White rabbits, the medial collateral ligament of one hindlimb was ruptured; the contralateral ligament served as an internal control. The rabbits were treated orally, twice daily, with a 14-day course of either 35 mg of ibuprofen per kilogram of body weight or a placebo. The rabbits were sacrificed at 14 or 28 days, and the ligaments were tested in tension to failure at 0.15 mm/sec. There was no statistically significant difference in the values of mechanical properties of ligaments from rabbits treated with ibuprofen versus those treated with placebo at either 14 or 28 days after injury. Our findings suggest that there is no early deleterious effect of a short course of ibuprofen on the mechanical behavior of medial collateral ligaments.




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