Articular cartilage injuries and degenerative joint diseases are responsible for progressive
pain and disability in millions of people worldwide, yet there is currently no treatment …

The classification and monitoring of individuals with early knee osteoarthritis (OA) are
important considerations for the design and evaluation of therapeutic interventions and …

Joint distraction, the prolonged mechanical separation of the bones at a joint, has emerged
as a joint-preserving treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis, with the gradually growing …

The in vivo measurement of articular cartilage deformation is essential to understand how
mechanical forces distribute throughout the healthy tissue and change over time in the …

Articular cartilage (AC) is the thin tissue that covers the long bone ends in the joints and that
ensures the transmission of forces between adjacent bones while allowing nearly …

Articular cartilage is a highly specialised connective tissue of diarthrodial joints which
provides a smooth, lubricated surface for joint articulation and plays a crucial role in the …

Accurate knowledge of knee kinematics is important for a better understanding of normal
joint function and for improving patient outcomes subsequent to joint reconstructive surgery …

Isotropic hyperelastic models have been used to determine the material properties of normal
human cartilage, but there remains an incomplete understanding of how these properties …

We studied the combined role of the medial meniscus in distributing load and providing
stability. Ten normal knees were loaded in combinations of compressive and shear loading …

Due to the biphasic viscoelastic nature of cartilage, joint loading may result in deformations
that require times on the order of hours to fully recover. Thus, cartilaginous tissues may …