Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 182-189 , March 2008

Fluid pressure driven fibril reinforcement in creep and relaxation tests of articular cartilage

  • L.P. Li

      Affiliations

    • Roger Jackson Centre for Health and Wellness Research, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 403 220 3449.
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  • R.K. Korhonen

      Affiliations

    • Roger Jackson Centre for Health and Wellness Research, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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  • J. Iivarinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • J.S. Jurvelin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • W. Herzog

      Affiliations

    • Roger Jackson Centre for Health and Wellness Research, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

Received 18 September 2006 ,Revised 27 February 2007 ,Accepted 2 March 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00042-2

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.03.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 182-189 , March 2008

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