Uncertainties in indentation testing of articular cartilage: A fibril-reinforced poroviscoelastic study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 506-515

  Julkunen, Petro ^a,b   Korhonen, Rami K ^c   Herzog, Walter ^c   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Fibril reinforced; Finite element analysis; Indentation; Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FIBRIL-REINFORCED POROVISCOELASTIC STUDY; INDENTATION TESTS;

CARTILAGE;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 42949104644     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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