Publication detail

Rheological and frictional analysis of viscosupplements towards improved lubrication of human joints

REBENDA, D. VRBKA, M. NEČAS, D. TOROPITSYN, E. YARIMITSU, S. ČÍPEK, P. PRAVDA, M. HARTL, M.

Original Title

Rheological and frictional analysis of viscosupplements towards improved lubrication of human joints

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The present paper explores the effect of viscosupplementation on the friction of articular cartilage depending on the rheology of viscosupplements. The experiments were realized on rotational rheometers and a tribometer in pin-on-plate configuration. Five commercially available viscosupplements and their mixtures with synovial fluid were tested. The results showed differences by the order of magnitudes between viscosupplements viscosity and no viscoelastic properties in some of them. The friction was substantially affected by the addition of viscosupplement into the model synovial fluid. In most cases, mixtures of synovial fluid and viscosupplement even showed similar friction as clear viscosupplements. This study is the basis for a better understanding of the short-term changes in articular cartilage frictional behavior after the viscosupplementation of synovial joint.

Keywords

Articular cartilage, Rheology, Friction, Viscosupplementation

Authors

REBENDA, D.; VRBKA, M.; NEČAS, D.; TOROPITSYN, E.; YARIMITSU, S.; ČÍPEK, P.; PRAVDA, M.; HARTL, M.

Released

1. 8. 2021

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd.

Location

Nizozemsko

ISBN

0301-679X

Periodical

Tribology International

Year of study

160

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

107030

Pages to

107030

Pages count

10

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301679X2100178X

BibTex

@article{BUT171751,
  author="REBENDA, D. and VRBKA, M. and NEČAS, D. and TOROPITSYN, E. and YARIMITSU, S. and ČÍPEK, P. and PRAVDA, M. and HARTL, M.",
  title="Rheological and frictional analysis of viscosupplements towards improved lubrication of human joints",
  journal="Tribology International",
  year="2021",
  volume="160",
  number="1",
  pages="107030--107030",
  doi="10.1016/j.triboint.2021.107030",
  issn="0301-679X",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301679X2100178X"
}