Mechanical stimulation toward tissue engineering of the knee meniscus

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1161-1174

  AufderHeide, Adam C ^a   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrochondrogytes; Mechanical Stimulation; Meniscus; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARTILAGE; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS;

FIBROCHONDROGYTES; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MENISCUS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TENDONS;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STIMULATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 4544315730     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/b:abme.0000036652.31658.f3     Document Type: Article

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