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Hypothesis of regulation of hip joint cartilage activity by mechanical loading
- Source :
- Medical Hypotheses. 60:936-937
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- Hypothesis of regulation of proteosynthetic activity of chondrocytes is suggested. A deformation of the cartilage caused by contact hip joint stress and consequent deformation of the chondrocytes are considered as main factors that could influence the metabolism of the cartilage.
- Subjects :
- Cartilage, Articular
musculoskeletal diseases
Materials science
Cartilage
technology, industry, and agriculture
Joint stress
General Medicine
Deformation (meteorology)
Adaptation, Physiological
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
Models, Biological
Weight-Bearing
Chondrocytes
medicine.anatomical_structure
stomatognathic system
medicine
Animals
Homeostasis
Humans
Joint cartilage
Hip Joint
Stress, Mechanical
Biomedical engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03069877
- Volume :
- 60
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Hypotheses
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d77aca675a38b190efc9e73382c4a89e