Mechanical testing of cartilage constructs

Dinorath Olvera, Andrew Daly, Daniel John Kelly

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Abstract

A key goal of functional cartilage tissue engineering is to develop constructs with mechanical properties approaching those of the native tissue. Herein we describe a number of tests to characterize the mechanical properties of tissue engineered cartilage. Specifically, methods to determine the equilibrium confined compressive (or aggregate) modulus, the equilibrium unconfined compressive (or Young’s) modulus, and the dynamic modulus of tissue engineered cartilaginous constructs are described.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages279-287
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1340
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Aggregate modulus
  • Dynamic modulus
  • Equilibrium modulus
  • Young’s modulus

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