Surface fissures in articular cartilage: new concepts,, hypotheses and modeling
Surface fissures in articular cartilage: new concepts,, hypotheses and modeling
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DOI:
10.1016/s0268-0033(01)00095-x
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发表时间:
2002-01-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Kafka, V
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作者:
Kafka, V
Objective. Clarification and mesomechanical modeling of the inception of fissures at the surface of articular cartilage.Design. Articular cartilage is described as a macroscopically heterogeneous medium consisting of zones layers with different orientation of collagen fibers.Background. Degradation of mechanical properties of cartilage is a serious, still not fully clarified problem that deserves attention.Methods. Theoretical analysis based oil a survey of known experimental findings related to the Subject. The general author's mesomechanical concept of modeling heterogeneous media is applied to the elucidation and description of the formation of fissures at the surface or articular cartilage.Results. Our model clarifies how the high tensile stresses in the collagen fibers of the superficial tangential zone depend oil the rate of loading.Conclusions. The superficial cracks are caused predominantly by a very quick loading. This explains among others the high incidence of post-traumatic osteoarthritis of the lower extremity after accidents and injuries in sports.