Measurement of articular cartilage stiffness of the femoropatellar, tarsocrural, and metatarsophalangeal joints in horses and comparison with biochemical data

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 571-578

  Garcia Seco, Elena ^b   Wilson, David A ^a   Cook, James L ^b   Kuroki, Keiichi ^b   Kreeger, John M ^b   Keegan, Kevin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Collagen content; Compressive stiffness; Glycosaminoglycan content; Horse; Mankin score

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TARSAL JOINT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HORSES; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; TARSAL JOINTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 29144520941     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2005.00090.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. McIlwraith CW, Trotter GW: Clinical features and diagnosis of equine joint disease, in McIlwraith CW, Trotter GW (eds): Joint Disease of the Horse. Philadelphia, PA, Saunders, 1996, pp 120-144
2. McIlwraith CW: Diseases of joints, ligaments and tendons, and related structures, in Stashak TS (ed): Adams' Lameness in Horses. Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott, 2002, pp 459-644
3. Appleyard RC, Swain MV, Khanna S, et al: The accuracy and reliability of a novel handheld dynamic indentation probe for analyzing articular cartilage. Phys Med Biol 46:541-550, 2001
4. Brama PA, Tekoppele JM, Bank PA, et al: Functional adaptation of articular cartilage: the formation of regional biomechanical characteristics up to age one year. Equine Vet J 32:217-221, 2000
5. Franz T, Hasler M, Hagg R, et al: In situ biomechanical composition, and structural integrity of articular cartilage of the human knee joint. Osteoarthritis Cart 9:582-592, 2001
6. Froimson MI, Ratcliffe A, Gardener TR, et al: Differences in patellofemoral joint cartilage material properties and their significance to the etiology of cartilage surface fibrillation. Osteoarthritis Cart 5:377-386, 1997
7. Kempson GE, Spivey CJ: Patterns of cartilage stiffness on normal and degenerated human femoral heads. J Biomech 4:597-609, 1971
8. Lyyra T, Kiviranta I, Vaatainen U, et al: In vivo characterization of indentation stiffness of articular cartilage in the normal human knee. J Biomed Mater Res 48:482-487, 1999
9. Athanasiou KA, Rosenwasser MP, Buckwalter JA, et al: Interspecies comparisons of in situ intrinsic mechanical properties of the distal femoral cartilage. J Orthop Res 9: 330-340, 1991
10. Brama PA, Barneveld A, Karssenberg D, et al: The application of an indenter system to measure structural properties of articular cartilage in the horse. Suitability of the instrument and correlation with biomechanical data. J Vet Med 48:213-221, 2001
11. Lyyra T, Arokoski JP, Oksala N, et al: Experimental validation of arthroscopic cartilage stiffness measurement using enzymatically degraded cartilage samples. Phys Med Biol 44:525-535, 1999
12. Toyras J, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Niinimaki M, et al: Estimation of the Young's modulus of articular cartilage using an arthroscopic indentation instrument and ultrasonic measurement of tissue thickness. J Biomech 34:251-256, 2001
13. Swan AC, Seedhom BB: The stiffness of normal articular cartilage and the predominant acting stress levels: implications for the aetiology of osteoarthritis. Br J Rheumatol 32:16-25, 1993
14. Lyyra T, Jurvelin J, Pitkanene P, et al: Indentation instrument for the measurement of cartilage stiffness under arthroscopic control. Med Eng Phys 17:395-399, 1995
15. Tomlinson JL, Cook JL, Kuroki K, et al: Biomechanical characterization of cartilage affected by osteochondritis dissecans in the humeral head of dogs. Am J Vet Res 62:876-881, 2001
16. Farndale RW, Buttle DJ, Barrett AJ: Improved quantitation and discrimination of sulphated glycosaminoglycans by use of dimethylmethylene blue. Biochem Biophys Acta 883:173-177, 1986
17. Natarajan N: Adaptation of the diphenylamine (DPA) assay to a 96-well plate tissue culture format and comparison with the MTT assay. Biotechniques 17:167-171, 1994
18. Reddy GK, Enwemeka CS: A simplified method for the analysis of hydroxyproline in biological tissues. Clin Biochem 29:225-229, 1996
19. Lyyra T, Niinimaki M, Toyras J, et al: Optimization of the arthroscopic indentation instrument for the measurement of thin cartilage stiffness. Phys Med Biol 44:2511-2524, 1999
20. Korhonen RK, Wong M, Arokoski J, et al: Importance of the superficial tissue layer for the indentation stiffness of articular cartilage. Med Eng Phys 24:99-108, 2002
21. Rasanen T, Messner K: Regional variations of indentation stiffness and thickness of normal rabbit knee articular cartilage. J Biomed Mater Res 31:519-524, 1996
22. Traczuk H: Human cartilage stiffness. Clin Orthop 206: 301-312, 1986
23. Oikawa MA, Yoshihara T, Kaneko M: Age-related changes in articular cartilage thickness of the third metacarpal bone in the thoroughbred. Jpn J Vet Sci 51:839-842, 1989
24. Palmer JL, Bertone AL, Malemud CJ, et al: Biochemical and biomechanical alterations in equine articular cartilage following an experimentally-induced synovitis. Osteoarthritis Cart 4:127-137, 1996
25. Shepherd DET, Seedholm BB: Thickness of human articular cartilage in joints of the lower limb. Annals Rheum Dis 58:27-34, 1999
26. Tomlinson JE, Redding WR, Sage A: Ultrasonographic evaluation of tarsocrural joint cartilage in normal adult horses. Vet Rad Ultrasound 41:457-460, 2000
27. van der Slujis JA, Geesink RG, van der Linden AJ, et al: The reliability of the Mankin score for osteoarthritis. J Orthop Res 10:58-61, 1992