Effects of ageing on the biomechanical properties of rat articular cartilage

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 573-578

  Wang, L ^a   Kalu, D N ^b   Banu, J ^b   Thomas, J B ^c   Gabriel, N ^c   Athanasiou, K ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Articular cartilage biomechanics; Creep indentation; Male Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POISSON RATIO; BIOMECHANICS; CREEP; CREEP TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; RATS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE BIOMECHANICS; CREEP INDENTATION; MALE SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE;

AGE-RELATED DETERIORATION; AGEING; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; CREEP INDENTATION; OPTIMIZATION MODELLING; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33746448408     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119H04404     Document Type: Article

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