The mechanical behaviour of chondrocytes predicted with a micro-structural model of articular cartilage.

abstract：:There is a growing interest in the development of patient-specific finite element models of the human lumbar spine for both the assessment of injury risk and the development of treatment strategies. A current challenge in implementing these models is that the outer annulus fibrosus of the disc is composed of concentri...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Michalek AJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional brain injury metrics are scalars that treat the whole head/brain as a single unit but do not characterize the distribution of brain responses. Here, we establish a network-based "response feature matrix" to characterize the magnitude and distribution of impact-induced brain strains. The network nodes and ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Wu S,Zhao W,Rowson B,Rowson S,Ji S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balance is achieved and maintained by a balance system called a labyrinth that is composed of three semicircular canals and the otolith organs that sense linear gravity and acceleration. Within each semicircular canal, there is a gelatinous structure called the cupula, which is deformed under the influence of the surr...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Djukic T,Filipovic N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a degenerative and inflammatory desease of elderly patients, about 80% of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) show considerable wall calcification. Effect of calcifications on computational wall stress analyses of AAAs has been rarely treated in literature so far. Calcifications are heterogeneously distributed, non-fi...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Maier A,Gee MW,Reeps C,Eckstein HH,Wall WA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two main load bearing tissues of the intervertebral disc are the nucleus pulposus and the annulus fibrosus. Both tissues are composed of the same basic components, but differ in their organization and relative amounts. With degeneration, the clear distinction between the two tissues disappears. The changes in bioc...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： van Rijsbergen MM,Barthelemy VM,Vrancken AC,Crijns SP,Wilke HJ,Wilson W,van Rietbergen B,Ito K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage matrix mechanical function is largely determined by interactions between the collagen fibrillar network and the proteoglycan gel. Although the molecular physics of these matrix constituents have been characterized and modern imaging methods are capable of localized measurement of molecular densities and orie...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Quinn TM,Morel V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital models based on finite element (FE) analysis are widely used in orthopaedics to predict the stress or strain in the bone due to bone-implant interaction. The usability of the model depends strongly on the bone material description. The material model that is most commonly used is based on a constant Young's mo...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Henyš P,Čapek L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombosis is a major concern in blood-coated medical devices. Contact activation, which is the initial part of the coagulation cascade in device-related thrombosis, is not considered in current thrombus formation models. In the present study, pro-coagulant reactions including the contact activation system are coupled...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Méndez Rojano R,Mendez S,Nicoud F

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-indentation is a new experimental approach to assess physical cellular properties. Here we attempt to quantify the contribution of geometrical parameters to a cylindrical plant cell's resistance to lateral deformation. This information is important to correctly interpret data obtained from experiments using the ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Bolduc JE,Lewis LJ,Aubin CE,Geitmann A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation, a precursor to many diseases including cancer and atherosclerosis, induces differential surface expression of specific vascular molecules. Blood-borne nanoparticles (NPs), loaded with therapeutic and imaging agents, can recognize and use these molecules as vascular docking sites. Here, a computational mo...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Hossain SS,Hughes TJ,Decuzzi P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During angiogenesis, sprouting microvessels interact with the extracellular matrix (ECM) by degrading and reorganizing the matrix, applying traction forces, and producing deformation. Morphometric features of the resulting microvascular network are affected by the interaction between the matrix and angiogenic microves...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Edgar LT,Maas SA,Guilkey JE,Weiss JA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient solver for large-scale linear [Formula: see text] simulations was extended for nonlinear material behavior. The material model included damage-based tissue degradation and fracture. The new framework was applied to 20 trabecular biopsies with a mesh resolution of [Formula: see text]. Suitable material par...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Stipsitz M,Zysset PK,Pahr DH

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolysis is a major concern in blood-circulating devices, which arises due to hydrodynamic loading on red blood cells from ambient flow environment. Hemolysis estimation models have often been used to aid hemocompatibility design. The preponderance of hemolysis models was formulated on the basis of laminar flows. How...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Wu P,Gao Q,Hsu PL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bridging veins (BVs) drain the blood from the cerebral cortex into dural sinuses. BVs have one end attached to the brain and the other to the superior sagittal sinus (SSS), which is attached to the skull. Relative movement between these two structures can cause BV to rupture producing acute subdural haematoma, a head ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Kapeliotis M,Gavrila Laic RA,Peñas AJ,Vander Sloten J,Vanden Berghe P,Famaey N,Depreitere B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human heart is enclosed in the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of a layered thin sac and is separated from the myocardium by a thin film of fluid. It provides a fixture in space and frictionless sliding of the myocardium. The influence of the pericardium is essential for predictive mechanical simulati...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Pfaller MR,Hörmann JM,Weigl M,Nagler A,Chabiniok R,Bertoglio C,Wall WA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adaptive bone remodeling, mechanical signals such as stress/strain caused by loading/deformation are believed to play important roles as regulators of the process in which osteoclastic resorption and osteoblastic formation are coordinated under a local mechanical environment. The mechanism by which cells sense and ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Adachi T,Sato K,Tomita Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are medical devices designed to provide a mechanical barrier to the passage of emboli from the deep veins of the legs to the heart and lungs. Despite decades of development and clinical use, IVC filters still fail to prevent the passage of all hazardous emboli. The objective of this st...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Aycock KI,Campbell RL,Manning KB,Craven BA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymph is transported along collecting lymphatic vessels by intrinsic and extrinsic pumping. The walls have muscle of a type intermediate between blood-vascular smooth muscle and myocardium; a contracting segment between two valves (a lymphangion) constitutes a pump. This intrinsic mechanism is investigated ex vivo in ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Bertram CD,Macaskill C,Davis MJ,Moore JE Jr

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In its permanent quest of mechanobiological homeostasis, our vasculature significantly adapts across multiple length and timescales in various physiological and pathological conditions. Computational modeling of vascular growth and remodeling (G&R) has significantly improved our insights into the mechanobiological pro...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Mousavi SJ,Farzaneh S,Avril S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formins promote actin assembly and are involved in force-dependent cytoskeletal remodeling. However, how force alters the formin functions still needs to be investigated. Here, using atomic force microscopy and biomembrane force probe, we investigated how mechanical force affects formin-mediated actin interactions at ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Li Z,Lee H,Eskin SG,Ono S,Zhu C,McIntire LV

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical and computational modeling of the dynamic process where tissue scaffolds are cultured in perfusion bioreactors is able to provide insight into the cell and tissue growth which can facilitate the design of tissue scaffolds and selection of optimal operating conditions. To date, a resolved-scale simulation ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Hossain MS,Bergstrom DJ,Chen XB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular growth is widely considered to be an important feature in the adverse progression of heart diseases, whereas reverse ventricular growth (or reverse remodeling) is often considered to be a favorable response to clinical intervention. In recent years, a number of theoretical models have been proposed to mode...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Lee LC,Genet M,Acevedo-Bolton G,Ordovas K,Guccione JM,Kuhl E

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineralized collagen fibrils have been usually analyzed like a two-phase composite material where crystals are considered as platelets that constitute the reinforcement phase. Different models have been used to describe the elastic behavior of the material. In this work, it is shown that when Halpin-Tsai equations are...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Vercher A,Giner E,Arango C,Tarancón JE,Fuenmayor FJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superficial femoral artery (SFA) is a typical atherosclerosis-prone site. We aimed to explore whether the tortuosity of the SFA associates with the occurrence of atherosclerosis and investigate how vascular tortuosity influences the characteristics of blood flow. Ten patients diagnosed with atherosclerotic disease...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Li X,Liu X,Li X,Xu L,Chen X,Liang F

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use supersonic shear wave imaging (SSI) technique to measure not only the linear but also the nonlinear elastic properties of brain matter. Here, we tested six porcine brains ex vivo and measured the velocities of the plane shear waves induced by acoustic radiation force at different states of pre-deformation when ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Jiang Y,Li G,Qian LX,Liang S,Destrade M,Cao Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone fracture healing is a complex process in which angiogenesis or the development of a blood vessel network plays a crucial role. In this paper, a mathematical model is presented that simulates the biological aspects of fracture healing including the formation of individual blood vessels. The model consists of parti...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Peiffer V,Gerisch A,Vandepitte D,Van Oosterwyck H,Geris L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A predictive Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element eye model was used to analyze 2.27 and 0.45 kg trinitrotoluene equivalent blasts detonated from 24 different locations. Free air and ground level blasts were simulated directly in front of the eye and at lateral offset locations with box, average, less protective, and mo...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Weaver AA,Stitzel SM,Stitzel JD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aimed to develop a clinically validated bone remodeling algorithm by integrating bone's dynamic properties in a multi-stage fashion based on a four-year clinical follow-up of implant treatment. The configurational effects of fixed partial dentures (FPDs) were explored using a multi-stage remodeling rule. Th...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Liao Z,Yoda N,Chen J,Zheng K,Sasaki K,Swain MV,Li Q

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth and remodeling in the heart is driven by a combination of mechanical and hormonal signals that produce different patterns of growth in response to exercise, pregnancy, and various pathologies. In particular, increases in afterload lead to concentric hypertrophy, a thickening of the walls that increases the cont...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Estrada AC,Yoshida K,Saucerman JJ,Holmes JW

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomechanics of individual collagen fibrils govern the mechanical behavior of the majority of connective tissues, yet the current models lack significant details. Majority of the current models assume a rod-shape molecule with homogenous mechanical properties. Recent X-ray crystallography revealed significantly diffe...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Zhou Z,Minary-Jolandan M,Qian D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00