Biomechanics of diarthrodial joints:​ a review of twenty years of progress

Mow, Van C.; Ateshian, Gerard A.; Spilker, Robert L.

Affiliations

¹Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032

²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering & Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Abstract

A survey of some of the advances made over the past twenty years in understanding diarthrodial joint biomechanics is presented. Topics covered in this review include: biotribology (i.e., friction, lubrication and wear of diarthrodial joints); contact area determinations; stereophotogrammetric rendering of articular surfaces; deformational field analysis using canonical problems; and finite element formulations for both infinitesimal and finite deformations of diphasic materials and precise anatomic surfaces. Suggestions are made for future research directions as well.

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DOI: 10.1115/1.2895525

PubMed: 8302026

WoS: A1993MK81800002

History

Revised: 1993-07-19

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