Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 155-160 , March 2010

Compressive and tensile properties of articular cartilage in axial loading are modulated differently by osmotic environment

Received 7 October 2008 ,Revised 23 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 155-160 , March 2010

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