Vulnerability to rupture of the intact articular surface with respect to age and proximity to site of fibrillation: A dynamic and static investigation

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-169

  Flachsmann, René ^a   Kim, Woong ^a   Broom, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging; Articular surface rupture; Dynamic and static compression; Fibrillation; Rupture mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; RUPTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

BOVINAE;

EID: 24644494160     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200500216470     Document Type: Article

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