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Overview

Per Aspenberg was affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular emphasis on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery, and Insect Science as notable subfields.

The scholar's work addressed a variety of topics, especially in:

  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Bee Products Chemical Analysis
  • Sports Injuries and Prevention
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery

Their publication history included articles in multiple notable journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • PLoS ONE
  • Muscles Ligaments and Tendons Journal
  • Acta Orthopaedica
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers that demonstrate the scope of their research are as follows:

  • Diminishing effects of mechanical loading over time during rat Achilles tendon healing, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Dexamethasone Enhances Achilles Tendon Healing in an Animal Injury Model, and the Effects Are Dependent on Dose, Administration Time, and Mechanical Loading Stimulation, 2022, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Early Tensile Loading in Nonsurgically Treated Achilles Tendon Ruptures Leads to a Larger Tendon Callus and a Lower Elastic Modulus: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2022, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Response to mechanical loading in rat Achilles tendon healing is influenced by the microbiome, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Role of Macrophages During early Achilles Tendon Healing, 2021, Muscles Ligaments and Tendons Journal

Throughout their career, Per Aspenberg collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Pernilla Eliasson
  • Malin Hammerman
  • Parmis Blomgran
  • Jörg Schilcher
  • Franciele Dietrich-Zagonel

Best Publications

  • Bisphosphonate Use and Atypical Fractures of the Femoral Shaft

    Jörg Schilcher;Karl Michaëlsson;Per Aspenberg

  • Teriparatide for Acceleration of Fracture Repair in Humans: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of 102 Postmenopausal Women With Distal Radial Fractures

    Per Aspenberg;Harry K Genant;Torsten Johansson;Antonio J Nino

  • Platelet concentrate injection improves Achilles tendon repair in rats.

    Per Aspenberg;Olena Virchenko

  • A DOSE-RESPONSE STUDY

    R. Skripitz;T. T. Andreassen;P. Aspenberg

  • Peripheral tears of the triangular fibrocartilage complex cause distal radioulnar joint instability after distal radial fractures

    Tommy Lindau;Catarina Adlercreutz;Per Aspenberg

  • Osteoblast-derived WNT16 represses osteoclastogenesis and prevents cortical bone fragility fractures

    Sofia Movérare-Skrtic;Petra Henning;Xianwen Liu;Kenichi Nagano

  • How can one platelet injection after tendon injury lead to a stronger tendon after 4 weeks? Interplay between early regeneration and mechanical stimulation.

    Olena Virchenko;Per Aspenberg

  • Autologous Platelets Have No Effect on the Healing of Human Achilles Tendon Ruptures: A Randomized Single-Blind Study

    Thorsten Schepull;Joanna Kvist;Hanna Norrman;Marie Trinks

  • Randomized radiostereometric study comparing osteogenic protein-1 (BMP-7) and autograft bone in human noninstrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion: 2002 Volvo Award in clinical studies.

    Ragnar Johnsson;Björn Strömqvist;Per Aspenberg

  • Risk of atypical femoral fracture during and after bisphosphonate use

    Jörg Schilcher;Veronika Koeppen;Per Aspenberg;Karl Michaëlsson

  • Enhanced tendon healing with GDF 5 and 6.

    Per Aspenberg;Carina Forslund

  • Migration, particles, and fluid pressure. A discussion of causes of prosthetic loosening.

    Aspenberg P;Van der Vis H

  • Simvastatin Improves Fracture Healing in Mice

    Björn Skoglund;Carina Forslund;Per Aspenberg

  • Surface immobilized bisphosphonate improves stainless-steel screw fixation in rats.

    Pentti Tengvall;Björn Skoglund;Agneta Askendal;Per Aspenberg

  • Distal radioulnar instability is an independent worsening factor in distal radial fractures.

    Tommy Lindau;Lars Hagberg;Catharina Adlercreutz;Kjell Jonsson

  • Periprosthetic bone resorption. Particles versus movement.

    P Aspenberg;P Herbertsson

  • Incidence of stress fractures of the femoral shaft in women treated with bisphosphonate.

    Jörg Schilcher;Per Aspenberg

  • Stimulation of tendon repair : Mechanical loading, GDFs and platelets. a mini-review

    Per Aspenberg

  • Intermittent micromotion inhibits bone ingrowth. Titanium implants in rabbits.

    Per Aspenberg;Stuart Goodman;SØRen Toksvig-Larsen;Leif Ryd

  • Risk of atypical femoral fracture during and after bisphosphonate use: Full report of a nationwide study

    Jörg Schilcher;Veronika Koeppen;Per Aspenberg;Karl Michaëlsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart B. Goodman
Stuart B. Goodman Stanford University
Pentti Tengvall
Pentti Tengvall University of Gothenburg
Karl Michaëlsson
Karl Michaëlsson Uppsala University
L. Stefan Lohmander
L. Stefan Lohmander Lund University
Jan Ernerudh
Jan Ernerudh Linköping University
Seppo Santavirta
Seppo Santavirta Helsinki University Hospital
R. Lane Smith
R. Lane Smith Stanford University
Tomas Albrektsson
Tomas Albrektsson University of Gothenburg
Lars Hagberg
Lars Hagberg Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Xiaodong Li
Xiaodong Li University of Virginia

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