The effects of exercise on articular hyaline articular cartilage have traditionally been
examined in animal models, but until recently little information has been available on human …

Numerous strategies to improve the fiber–matrix interaction in natural fiber composites
(NFCs) and wood polymer composites (WPCs) have been proposed and investigated. We …

Analyses of form-function relationships and disease processes in human articular cartilage
necessitate in vivo assessment of cartilage morphology and deformational behavior. MR …

Background Understanding and measuring mental health and wellbeing amongst teenagers
has recently become a priority. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale …

Objective Alterations of cartilage morphology and mechanical properties occur in
osteoarthritis, but it is unclear whether similar changes also take place physiologically …

The deformational behavior of articular cartilage has been investigated in confined and
unconfined compression experiments and indentation tests, but to date there exist no …

Objective This study tests the hypothesis that functional adaptation occurs in human joints,
and that substantial differences in joint 'loading history'explain the phenotypic variability …

As an essential organ of both weight bearing and locomotion, the spine is subject to the
conflict of providing maximal stability while maintaining crucial mobility, in addition to …

To estimate subchondral mineralisation patterns which represent the long-term loading
history of individual joints, a method has been developed employing computed tomography …

The object of the present investigation was to measure the thickness distribution of the
subchondral plate of the tibial plateau. The data were obtained by computerised image …