Articular cartilage repair: basic science and clinical progress. A review of the current status and prospects

EB Hunziker - Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Objective To review the basic scientific status of repair in articular cartilage tissue and to
assess the efficiency of current clinical therapies instigated for the treatment of structural …

Spinal facet joint biomechanics and mechanotransduction in normal, injury and degenerative conditions

NV Jaumard, WC Welch… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The facet joint is a crucial anatomic region of the spine owing to its biomechanical role in
facilitating articulation of the vertebrae of the spinal column. It is a diarthrodial joint with …

A biomimetic three-dimensional woven composite scaffold for functional tissue engineering of cartilage

FT Moutos, LE Freed, F Guilak - Nature materials, 2007‏ - nature.com
Tissue engineering seeks to repair or regenerate tissues through combinations of implanted
cells, biomaterial scaffolds and biologically active molecules. The rapid restoration of tissue …

Osteoarthritis: joint anatomy, physiology, and pathobiology

SA Johnston - Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal …, 1997‏ - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis can be defined as a disorder of movable joints characterized by deterioration
of articular cartilage, osteophyte formation and bone remodeling, changes in periarticular …

Mechano-electrochemical properties of articular cartilage: their inhomogeneities and anisotropies

VC Mow, XE Guo - Annual review of biomedical engineering, 2002‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract In this chapter, the recent advances in cartilage biomechanics and
electromechanics are reviewed and summarized. Our emphasis is on the new experimental …

Articular cartilage: part I

JA Buckwalter, HJ Mankin - Journal of Bone and joint surgery, 1997‏ - search.proquest.com
In 1892, Walt Whitman observed that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all
machinery." 7x Despite the remarkable advances in joint replacement, Whitman's …

[ספר][B] The Biomechanics of back pain-E-Book

MA Adams, N Bogduk, K Burton, P Dolan - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Authored by experts of international renown, the new edition of The Biomechanics of Back
Pain forms a bridge between the latest research and the effective clinical management of …

Altered mechanics of cartilage with osteoarthritis: human osteoarthritis and an experimental model of joint degeneration

LA Setton, DM Elliott, VC Mow - Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 1999‏ - Elsevier
Objective: Studies of cartilage mechanics seek to determine the fundamental relationships
between mechanical behavior and the composition and structure of healthy cartilage and to …

Mechanical properties of natural cartilage and tissue-engineered constructs

CJ Little, NK Bawolin, X Chen - Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews, 2011‏ - liebertpub.com
There has been much research over the past two decades with the aim of engineering
cartilage constructs for repairing or restoring damaged cartilage. To engineer healthy …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental verification and theoretical prediction of cartilage interstitial fluid pressurization at an impermeable contact interface in confined compression

MA Soltz, GA Ateshian - Journal of biomechanics, 1998‏ - Elsevier
Interstitial fluid pressurization has long been hypothesized to play a fundamental role in the
load support mechanism and frictional response of articular cartilage. However, to date, few …