Growth plate mechanics and mechanobiology. A survey of present understanding

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1793-1803

  Villemure, Isabelle ^a,b   Stokes, Ian A F ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Endochondral growth; Growth plate; Mechanical loading; Mechanobiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; BLOOD SUPPLY; BONE GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR COMPONENTS; CELLULAR DEFORMATION; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROCYTIC; CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; CYCLIC MECHANICAL LOAD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFERENT PROCESS; ENDOCHONDRAL GROWTH; GROWTH PLATE; LONG BONE; LONGITUDINAL GROWTH; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATRIX; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANICAL MODULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; MECHANOBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; SHEAR FORCE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-VARYING CHANGES;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY FLUIDS; BONE; CELL MEMBRANES; DEFORMATION; DEGRADATION; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; WATER CONTENT;

MECHANISMS;

MESSENGER RNA;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LOADING TEST; LONG BONE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROCYTES; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 68249159983     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.021     Document Type: Review

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