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JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
Volume 125, Issue 5, Pages 602-614Publisher
ASME
DOI: 10.1115/1.1611512
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [R01 AR046568, R01 AR046532, AR46532, R01 AR043628, AR46568, R01 AR043628-09, AR43628, R01 AR046568-04, R29 AR043628, R01 AR046532-04] Funding Source: Medline
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A primary mechanism of solute transport in articular cartilage is believed to occur through passive diffusion across the articular surface, but cyclical loading has been shown experimentally to enhance the transport of large solutes. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of dynamic loading within a theoretical context, and to investigate the circumstances under which convective transport induced by dynamic loading might supplement diffusive transport. The theory of incompressible mixtures was used to model the tissue (get) as a mixture of a gel solid matrix (extracellular matrix/scaffold), and two fluid phases (interstitial fluid solvent and neutral solute), to solve the problem of solute transport through the lateral surface of a cylindrical sample loaded dynamically in unconfined compression with frictionless impermeable platens in a bathing solution containing an excess of solute. The resulting equations are governed by nondimensional parameters, the most significant of which are the ratio of the diffusive velocity of the interstitial fluid in the gel to the solute diffusivity in the get (R-g), the ratio of actual to ideal solute diffusive velocities inside the gel (R-d), the ratio of loading frequency to the characteristic frequency of the gel ((f) over cap) and the compressive strain amplitude (epsilon(0)). Results show that when R-g > 1, R-d < 1, and (f) over cap > 1, dynamic loading can significantly enhance solute transport into the get, and that this effect is enhanced as epsilon(0) increases. Based on representative material properties of cartilage and agarose gels, and diffusivities of various solutes in these gels, it is found that the ranges R-g > 1, R-d < 1 correspond to large solutes, whereas (f) over cap > 1 is in the range of physiological loading frequencies. These theoretical predictions are thus in agreement with the limited experimental data available in the literature. The results of this study apply to any porous hydrated tissue or material, and it is therefore plausible to hypothesize that dynamic loading may serve to enhance solute transport in a variety of physiological processes.
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