title: A method to estimate the elastic properties of the extracellular matrix of articular cartilage.
abstract: In this work we propose a method to estimate the elastic properties of the extracellular matrix of articular cartilage, once the elastic properties of the chondrocytes and the whole tissue are known. The influence of the elastic properties of the tissue and the cell concentration on the estimated elastic properties of the matrix are investigated.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Meccanica, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Federico
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: John Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Rosa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D045424:Complex Mixtures