Macro-, micro- and ultrastructural investigation of how degeneration influences the response of cartilage to loading

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-215

  Thambyah, Ashvin ^a   Zhao, Joy Yi ^a   Bevill, Scott L ^a   Broom, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cartilage matrix biomechanics; Channel indentation; Degeneration; Destructuring; Fibrillar interconnectivity; Tangential layer

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATION; DESTRUCTURING; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MATRIX; TANGENTIAL LAYER;

BIOMECHANICS; CREEP; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELIEF; TISSUE;

CARTILAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE ATROPHY; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MATERIALS TESTING; PATELLA; PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 81455158758     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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