Material properties of articular cartilage in the rabbit tibial plateau

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2331-2337

  Roemhildt, Maria L ^a   Coughlin, Kathryn M ^a   Peura, Glenn D ^a   Fleming, Braden C ^b   Beynnon, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Mechanical testing; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CREEP; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL TESTING; POISSON RATIO;

AGGREGATE MODULUS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; RABBIT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; LEG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ELASTICITY; PERMEABILITY; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA;

EID: 33747334108     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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