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Students Explore ACL Tears and Arthritis

January 14, 2025 by Janet Essman Franz

Medical students joined researchers in the musculoskeletal research center to explore risk factors for knee trauma and investigate how ligament tears lead to arthritis. Their insights will improve injury prevention and rehabilitation methods for this largest joint in the body.

Nick Jowkar '27 learns about motion capture and dual fluoroscopy with his mentors in the musculoskeletal research center/.

Larner Class of 2027 medical students Cassandra Chin, Oona Davies, Ivan Davis, Aaron Dees, Nick Jowkar, and Marie Lim joined researchers in UVM’s musculoskeletal research center to explore risk factors for knee trauma and how ligament tears lead to osteoarthritis. Their insights will improve injury prevention and rehabilitation methods for this largest joint in the body.

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