Abstract: Load-induced volume change is an important aspect of knee meniscus function because volume loss creates fluid pressure, which minimizes friction and helps support compressive loads. The knee meniscus is unusual amongst ...

Abstract: The meniscus provides crucial knee function and damage to it leads to osteoarthritis of the articular cartilage. Accurate measurement of its mechanical properties is therefore important, but there is uncertainty about how ...

Abstract: Fibrous soft tissues are biopolymeric materials that are made of extracellular proteins, such as different types of collagen and proteoglycans, and have a high water content. These tissues have nonlinear, anisotropic, and ...

Abstract: Inelastic behaviors, such as softening, a progressive decrease in modulus before failure, occur in tendon and are important aspects in degeneration and tendinopathy. These inelastic behaviors are generally attributed to ...

Abstract: Tendon degeneration is typically described as an overuse injury with little distinction made between magnitude of load (overload) and number of cycles (overuse). Further, in vivo, animal models of tendon degeneration are ...