Inhomogeneity and anisotropy play a crucial role in attributing articular cartilage its properties. The frictionless contact model constructed here consists in two thin biphasic transversely isotropic transversely homogeneous (TITH) cartilage layers firmly attached onto rigid substrates and shaped as elliptic paraboloids of different radii. Using asymptotic techniques, a solution to the deforma...

The goal of this study was to evaluate contact area and surface pressure as a result of different suture patterns in the treatment of anterior shoulder instability caused by a Bankart lesion. Loads were applied through the humeral head to the glenoid surface in the intact shoulder and after simple suture labral repair (n=10) and vertical mattress labral repair (n=9). Peak contact pressure, mean...

This study aims to investigate and compare the influence of plantar loading variables during gait of patients with diabetic in young ages. Subjects were divided into the following two groups: diabetic foot, 56 subjects; control group, 52 subjects. Plantar pressure distribution was measured during barefoot gait using the Novel emed platform. Both midfoot and lateral forefoot regions’ peak pressu...

A measuring method for the distribution behavior between supercritical carbon dioxide and water by a microchip was developed. A surface modification of the microchannel by dichlorodimethylsilane induced a spontaneous phase separation of the supercritical carbon dioxide and aqueous phases in the microchip. The maximum contact time of the aqueous phase to the supercritical carbon dioxide phase wa...

OBJECTIVE This study addresses the effects of cartilage thickness distribution and compressive properties in the context of optimal alignment planning for periacetabular osteotomy (PAO). BACKGROUND The Biomechanical Guidance System (BGS) is a computer-assisted surgical suite assisting surgeon's in determining the most beneficial new alignment of a patient's acetabulum. The BGS uses biomechani...