​Treadmill running modulates infrapatellar fat pad remodeling in osteoarthritic rats in an intensity-dependent manner

Treadmill running modulates infrapatellar fat pad remodeling in osteoarthritic rats in an intensity-dependent manner

BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2026 Feb 5. doi: 10.1186/s13102-026-01561-8. Online ahead of print.

Zhi Chen^{1

2}, Gege Li², Haimei Deng¹, Zihang Hu¹, Qingwei Wang¹, Zijun He^{3

4

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¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Tenth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University (Dongguan people's hospital), Wanjiang District 510280, Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
² Department of Rehabilitation,Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Tenth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University (Dongguan people's hospital), Wanjiang District 510280, Dongguan, Guangdong, China. drhezj@163.com.
⁴ Dongguan Key Specialty of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Rehabilitation Department), Dongguan, China. drhezj@163.com.
⁵ Dongguan Experimental Centre for Sports Rehabilitation Research, Dongguan, China. drhezj@163.com.

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Keywords: Fibrosis; Inflammation; Infrapatellar fat pad; Osteoarthritis; Treadmill running.