Title :
Biochemical kinetics in articular cartilage and synovial fluid
Author :
Agrawal, Kumkum ; Saxena, R.K. ; Sahay, Kishan Bhushan ; Arvind, A.S. ; Dave, P.K. ; Dogra, T.D.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Biomed. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India
Abstract :
The compressive load bearing properties of articular cartilage depend on the cartilage-synovial fluid interaction. In freshly slaughtered bovine knee joints, proteoglycan and uronic acid contents in cartilage and synovial fluid hyaluronic acid, protein and acid phosphatase have been studied. The inter-dependence of biochemical parameters in cartilage and synovial fluid and its role for biomechanical health of the cartilage is discussed
Keywords :
biomechanics; biorheology; bone; proteins; acid phosphatase; articular cartilage; biochemical kinetics; biochemical parameters; biomechanical health; cartilage-synovial fluid interaction; compressive load bearing properties; freshly slaughtered bovine knee joints; hyaluronic acid; osteoarthritis; protein; proteoglycan; synovial fluid; uronic acid contents; Biomedical engineering; Bovine; Extracellular; Joints; Kinetic theory; Knee; Mechanical factors; Osteoarthritis; Proteins; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995 and 14th Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society of India. An International Meeting, Proceedings of the First Regional Conference., IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2711-X
DOI :
10.1109/RCEMBS.1995.532993
