Biotribology of articular cartilage--a review of the recent advances

Jayanth Katta; Zhongmin Jin; Eileen Ingham; John Fisher

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.09.004

Biotribology of articular cartilage--a review of the recent advances

Med Eng Phys. 2008 Dec;30(10):1349-63. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.09.004. Epub 2008 Nov 6.

Authors

Jayanth Katta¹, Zhongmin Jin, Eileen Ingham, John Fisher

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT, UK.

PMID: 18993107
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.09.004

Abstract

A brief review of the advances in the biotribology of articular cartilage in the last decade or so are presented. The review is limited to experimental friction and wear studies involving articular cartilage. The importance of developing in vitro models as tools not only to understand the cartilage tribological characteristics, but to evaluate current and future cartilage substitution and treatment therapies is discussed.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cartilage, Articular / physiology*
Computer Simulation
Elastic Modulus
Friction
Lubrication
Models, Biological*
Synovial Fluid / physiology*
Viscosity