Age- and site-associated biomechanical weakening of human articular cartilage of the femoral condyle

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1042-1052

  Temple, M M ^a   Bae, W C ^a   Chen, M Q ^a   Lotz, M ^d   Amiel, D ^b   Coutts, R D ^b   Sah, R L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cartilage mechanics; Matrix degradation; Tensile weakening

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34548574690     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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