The Functionally Grading Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of the Body Region of the Knee Meniscus

The knee meniscus is a highly porous structure which exhibits a grading architecture through the depth of the tissue. The superficial layers on both femoral and tibial sides are constituted by a fine mesh of randomly distributed collagen fibers while the internal layer is constituted by a network of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of biomedical engineering 2021-09, Vol.49 (9), p.2421-2429
Hauptverfasser: Maritz, Jared, Agustoni, Greta, Dragnevski, Kalin, Bordas, Stéphane P. A., Barrera, Olga
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Zusammenfassung:The knee meniscus is a highly porous structure which exhibits a grading architecture through the depth of the tissue. The superficial layers on both femoral and tibial sides are constituted by a fine mesh of randomly distributed collagen fibers while the internal layer is constituted by a network of collagen channels of a mean size of 22.14 μ m aligned at a 30 ∘ inclination with respect to the vertical. Horizontal dog-bone samples extracted from different depths of the tissue were mechanically tested in uniaxial tension to examine the variation of elastic and viscoelastic properties across the meniscus. The tests show that a random alignment of the collagen fibers in the superficial layers leads to stiffer mechanical responses ( E = 105 and 189 MPa) in comparison to the internal regions ( E = 34 MPa). All regions exhibit two modes of relaxation at a constant strain ( τ 1 = 6.4 to 7.7 s, τ 2 = 49.9 to 59.7 s).
ISSN:0090-6964
1573-9686
DOI:10.1007/s10439-021-02792-1