TY - JOUR AU - Sandmann, Gunther H. AU - Adamczyk, Christopher AU - Garcia, Eduardo Grande AU - Doebele, Stefan AU - Buettner, Andreas AU - Milz, Stefan AU - Imhoff, Andreas B. AU - Vogt, Stefan AU - Burgkart, Rainer AU - Tischer, Thomas PY - 2013 DA - 2013/11/17 TI - Biomechanical comparison of menisci from different species and artificial constructs JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 324 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Loss of meniscal tissue is correlated with early osteoarthritis but few data exist regarding detailed biomechanical properties (e.g. viscoelastic behavior) of menisci in different species commonly used as animal models. The purpose of the current study was to biomechanically characterize bovine, ovine, and porcine menisci (each n = 6, midpart of the medial meniscus) and compare their properties to that of normal and degenerated human menisci (n = 6) and two commercially available artificial scaffolds (each n = 3). SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-324 DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-14-324 ID - Sandmann2013 ER -