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The biomechanics of cartilage load-carriage
1School of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Medical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Connective Tissue Research
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
This paper presents a review and critical appraisal of the more recent attempts to understand the fundamental mechanisms of load-carriage in articular cartilage. In the first section the question is addressed as to how the intrinsic strength of the matrix is developed with respect to its ultrastructure. In the second part we examine various models proposed to explain the response of the matrix to externally applied compressive forces in terms of its unique physico-chemical properties.