Mechanical behavior of articular cartilage: quantitative changes with alteration of ionic environment.

Abstract The in vitro viscoelastic mechanical response of normal rabbit articular cartilage is quantitatively altered by changes in the ionic concentration of the test environment. Experimental results indicate that specific functional relationships exist between shear moduli, retardation time spectra and ionic concentration. The forms of these relationships are consistent with the structure and physio-chemical composition of the tissue.

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