On how degeneration influences load-bearing in the cartilage-bone system: a microstructural and micromechanical study

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1410-1423

  Thambyah, A ^a   Broom, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Articular surface disruption; Collagen network de structuring; DIC microscopy; Shear discontinuity; Tidemark multiplicity; Visualization of deformation; Zone of calcified cartilage

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE MATRIX; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PATELLA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 35748978187     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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