Role of ultrafiltration of synovial fluid in lubrication of human joints

DOI10.1016/0020-7403(85)90063-3MaRDI QIDQ2265876zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 1985

Published in International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7403(85)90063-3

coupled equations of motion deformable porous cartilaginous matrix flow into the intra- articular gap fluid transport gap closes lubricant gel lubrication characteristics micromorphic approach mixture theory poroelastic cartilage synovial fluid synovial joints two interacting continua two-region flow model ultrafiltration of the suspending medium increases the load carrying capacity and closure time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15) Physiological flows (76Z05)

Review text

Introducing the concept of mixture theory of two interacting continua for the poroelastic cartilage and the micromorphic approach for the synovial fluid, a two-region flow model has been developed in order to study the lubrication characteristics of synovial joints. The fluid transport in the deformable porous cartilaginous matrix is computed from a simple analysis of the coupled equations of motion and the resulting flow into the intra-articular gap. As the gap closes, ultrafiltration of the suspending medium increases the load carrying capacity and closure time. It ultimately leads to the formation of a lubricant gel on the surfaces when the gap reduces to the order of surface asperities.

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