Indentation stiffness does not discriminate between normal and degraded articular cartilage

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 843-848

  Brown, Cameron P ^a   Crawford, Ross W ^a   Oloyede, Adekunle ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Cartilage degradation; Mechanical indentation; Osteoarthritis; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; DECISION MAKING; DEGRADATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); STIFFNESS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICAL INDENTATION; CARTILAGE DEGRADATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

CARTILAGE;

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE SURGERY; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34347336358     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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