In-vivo cartilage contact biomechanics : an experimental and computational investigation of human ankle joint complex

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-259). === Osteoarthritis is affecting over 20 million people in the United States, the etiology of which is still unclear. As abnormal stress is believed to be one of the f...

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Main Author: Wan, Lu, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Guoan Li and Alexander van Oudenaarden.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45439