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- Title
Tensile properties, collagen content, and crosslinks in connective tissues of the immature knee joint.
- Authors
Eleswarapu, Sriram V; Responte, Donald J; Athanasiou, Kyriacos A
- Abstract
The major connective tissues of the knee joint act in concert during locomotion to provide joint stability, smooth articulation, shock absorption, and distribution of mechanical stresses. These functions are largely conferred by the intrinsic material properties of the tissues, which are in turn determined by biochemical composition. A thorough understanding of the structure-function relationships of the connective tissues of the knee joint is needed to provide design parameters for efforts in tissue engineering.
- Publication
PloS one, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 10, pe26178
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0026178