Document Type
Report
Source Publication Title
Technical Report 47
Abstract
Articular cartilage is the avascular bearing material covering the articulating ends of the mating bony segments of synovial joints. Functionally articular cartilage provides a near frictionless surface, whose coefficient of friction 0.002, which is tough and wear resistant. These biomechanical functions of the tissue are preserved so long as the tissue is maintained in a normal physiological state. The destruction and subsequent loss of articular cartilage as a result of degenerative joint diseases would lead to joint stiffness, pain and deformities. An abnormal state of mechanical stress exerted upon the tissue is an initiating factor or at least a precursor of chondrodegeneration [9]. The morphology of pre-clinical ultrastructural damage, resulting from biomechanical causes, of the surface collage fibers from human femoral heads have been investigated and codified [8]. These alterations are believed to be mechanically induced and are related therefore to the inherent mechanical properties of the tissue.
Disciplines
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Publication Date
2-1-1977
Language
English
License
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Recommended Citation
Eisenfeld, Jerome; Lipshitz, Harold; and Mow, Van C., "Mathematical Analysis of Stress Relaxation in Articular Cartilage During Compression" (1977). Mathematics Technical Papers. 251.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/math_technicalpapers/251