The Mechanical Properties of Medial Collateral Ligament in Animal Model of Osteoarthritis / 医学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the mechanical properties of animal knee lateral collateral ligament tensile between the normal and atherosclerotic animal model of osteoarthritis,and to identify if there are effects of osteoarthritis on the animal knee lateral collateral ligament tensile mechanical properties.Methods The experimental rats were provided by the Changchun High Medical Center for animal experiments.The 6-month-old male rats were the copying model of osteoarthritis.The tensile experiments at electron Shimadzu universal testing machine was carried out on ten of normal and pathological specimens.The speed of the tensile experiments was 5mm/min.Experimental data were processed by polynomial least square method.Results The tensile maximum load of normal control group was(26.12?4.00)N,maximum stress was(40.93?6.71)MPa,maximum displacement was(3.08?0.77)mm,and maximum strain was(9.51?2.36)%.The tensile maximum load of model group was(12.05?2.07)N,maximum stress was(21.28?4.17)MPa,maximum displacement was(2.32?0.56)mm,and maximum strain was(7.04?1.79)%.Conclusion The tensile performance of normal control group was significantly greater than that of the model group(P