effect of tibial plateau fracture on lubrication function and composition of synovial fluid by...

Effect of Tibial Plateau Fracture on Lubrication Function and Composition of Synovial Fluid

by Brooke L. Ballard, Jennifer M. Antonacci, Michele M. Temple-Wong, Alexander Y. Hui, Barbara L. Schumacher, William D. Bugbee, Alexandra K. Schwartz, Paul J.

Girard, and Robert L. Sah

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 94(10):e64

May 16, 2012

©2012 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Gross images of human synovial fluid collected following tibial plateau fracture (Figs. 1-A and 1-B) and mixtures of bovine synovial fluid (SF) and blood (Figs. 1-C and 1-D).The supernatant in

Figures 1-B and 1-D is the fluid portion, including synovial flu...

Brooke L. Ballard et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2012;94:e64


Effect of mixing human synovial fluid and blood and subsequent centrifugation on the distribution of hyaluronan (HA) (Fig. 2-A), proteoglycan-4 (PRG4) (Fig. 2-B), and protein (Fig. 2-

C).



Effect of tibial plateau fracture on the boundary lubrication of articular cartilage by human synovial fluid (SF).



Effect of tibial plateau fracture on hyaluronan (HA) (Fig. 4-A), proteoglycan-4 (PRG4) (Figs. 4-B and 4-C), and protein (Fig. 4-D).



Correlation of kinetic friction coefficients with concentrations of hyaluronan (HA) (Fig. 5-A) and proteoglycan-4 (PRG4) (Fig. 5-B) in human synovial fluid samples from control knees (open

green diamonds) and knees with a fracture (closed red diamonds).



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