Articular cartilage surface rupture during compression: Investigating the effects of tissue hydration in relation to matrix health

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1311-1317

  Fick, James M ^a   Espino, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Osmotic environment; Soft tissue mechanics; Surface rupture

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; ARTICULAR SURFACES; BOVINE CARTILAGE; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; CREEP COMPRESSION; DISTILLED WATER; HEALTHY TISSUES; INDENTERS; LOADING TIME; MATRIX; OSMOTIC ENVIRONMENT; OSMOTIC SWELLING; SOFT TISSUE MECHANICS; SURFACE RUPTURE; SURFACE RUPTURES; TISSUE HYDRATION;

EXPERIMENTS; HISTOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; OSMOSIS; SALINE WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TISSUE;

CARTILAGE;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CARTILAGE MATRIX; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; HYDRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 79960560283     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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