Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5706873 | Clinical Biomechanics | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Impact loading caused low strain levels for all models. Creep loading increased deviatoric strains and collagen strains in the surrounding cartilage. Deviatoric strains increased gradually with defect size, but the surface area at which collagen fiber strains exceeded failure thresholds, abruptly increased for small increases of defect size. This was caused by a narrow distribution of collagen fiber strains resulting from the non-linear stiffness of the fibers. We postulate this might be the mechanism behind the existence of a critical defect size. Filling of the defect with an implant reduced deviatoric and collagen fiber strains towards values for intact cartilage.
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Authors
A. Heuijerjans, W. Wilson, K. Ito, C.C. van Donkelaar,