Papers Published
- Elliott, Dawn M. and Setton, Lori A. and Shah, Maulin P. and Vail, T. Parker and Guilak, Farshid, Effects of meniscectomy on the tensile properties of articular cartilage,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED, vol. 33
(1996),
pp. 247 - 248 .
(last updated on 2007/04/10)Abstract:
A study was conducted to quantify the tensile properties of articular cartilage in an experimental model of meniscectomy. The meniscus was completely resected in the right knees of 4 skeletally mature mongrel dogs. The left knee was used as an unoperated control. Animals were sacrificed 12 weeks after surgery and both legs stored at -20°C until testing. Successive tensile stress-relaxation tests were performed using a screw driven uniaxial testing system. All tests were performed in a 0.15M NaCl bath at room temperature. The findings were then compared with those of both human osteoarthritis (OA) and experimental models of joint instability.Keywords:
Cartilage;Tensile properties;Surgery;Joints (anatomy);Biomedical engineering;Models;Stiffness;Proteins;Collagen;Composition;Biosynthesis;Hydration;