Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 41, Issue 9 , Pages 1978-1986 , 2008

Stress–relaxation of human patellar articular cartilage in unconfined compression: Prediction of mechanical response by tissue composition and structure

  • Petro Julkunen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, POB 1777, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kuopio University Hospital, POB 1777, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland. Tel.: +358447174118; fax: +35817173244.
    • ,
  • Wouter Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jukka S. Jurvelin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Jarno Rieppo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedicine, Anatomy, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Cheng-Juan Qu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedicine, Anatomy, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Mikko J. Lammi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biosciences, Applied Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Rami K. Korhonen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

,Accepted 28 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.026

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 41, Issue 9 , Pages 1978-1986 , 2008

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