Chondrocyte metabolism and matrix nano-electromechanics : the response to cartilage tissue shear deformation

Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2002. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-171). === Cartilage functions as a load bearing and friction reducing material in synovial joints and it is constantly exposed to in vivo loading which i...

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Main Author: Jin, Moonsoo, 1971-
Other Authors: Alan J. Grodzinsky.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8328