Characterization of articular cartilage by combining microscopic analysis with a fibril-reinforced finite-element model

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1862-1870

  Julkunen, Petro ^a,b   Kiviranta, Panu ^b   Wilson, Wouter ^c   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a,b   Korhonen, Rami K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Fibril reinforced; Finite element analysis; Poroviscoelastic; Quantitative microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FIBRIL REINFORCED; POROVISCOELASTIC; QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY;

CARTILAGE;

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FIBER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KNEE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34247860597     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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