Meniscus and cartilage exhibit distinct intra-tissue strain distributions under unconfined compression

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1291-1299

  Lai, J H ^a   Levenston, M E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Compression; Meniscus; Strain mapping; Tissue mechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; EXPLANT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE MENISCUS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77956873814     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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