Mechanical properties of natural cartilage and tissue-engineered constructs

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 213-227

  Little, Christopher James ^a   Bawolin, Nahshon Kenneth ^a   Chen, Xiongbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STIMULATION; ENGINEERED CARTILAGE; LOADING CONDITION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEOCARTILAGE; SHEAR TESTS; TISSUE-ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTS;

CARTILAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CHONDROITIN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 11; COLLAGEN TYPE 12; COLLAGEN TYPE 14; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE COURSE; DRY WEIGHT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SOLID; STIMULATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79960622374     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2010.0572     Document Type: Article

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