Physical Chemistry of Articular Cartilage and the Intervertebral Disc

Principles of Polymer Chemistry.

1954 • 16,197 citations

The mathematics of diffusion

1975 • 14,847 citations

Limiting Laws and Counterion Condensation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions I. Colligative Properties

1969 • 2,920 citations

The spaces in a uniform random suspension of fibres

1958 • 1,031 citations

Balance between swelling pressure and collagen tension in normal and degenerate cartilage

1976 • 709 citations

Textbook of medical physiology

1966 • 661 citations

The frictional properties of animal joints

1962 • 615 citations

Chemical composition and swelling of normal and osteoarthrotic femoral head cartilage. I. Chemical composition.

1977 • 583 citations

Factors involved in the nutrition of the human lumbar intervertebral disc: cellularity and diffusion of glucose in vitro.

1975 • 563 citations

The diffusion of electrolytes in a cation-exchange resin membrane I. Theoretical

1955 • 560 citations

Form und Bau der Gelenkknorpel in ihren Beziehungen zur Funktion

1925 • 495 citations

On the transport of compact particles through solutions of chain-polymers

1973 • 489 citations

Limiting laws and counterion condensation in polyelectrolyte solutions

1977 • 443 citations

Der Widerstand gegen die Bewegung einer starren Kugel in einer zähen Flüssigkeit, die zwischen zwei parallelen ebenen Wänden eingeschlossen ist

1922 • 386 citations

Biophysical chemistry of cartilaginous tissues with special reference to solute and fluid transport1

1975 • 379 citations

Physicochemical Properties of Cartilage in the Light of Ion Exchange Theory

1968 • 369 citations

In Vitro Diffusion of DYE Through the End-Plates and the Annulus Fibrosus of Human Lumbar Inter-Vertebral Discs

1970 • 358 citations

THE PERMEABILITY OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE

1968 • 342 citations

The correlation of fixed negative charge with glycosaminoglycan content of human articular cartilage

1969 • 331 citations

[Electrolyte solutions].

1968 • 319 citations

Distribution and Diffusion of Solutes in Articular Cartilage

1970 • 302 citations

Swelling pressures of proteoglycans at the concentrations found in cartilaginous tissues

1979 • 293 citations

Chemical composition and swelling of normal and osteoarthrotic femoral head cartilage. II. Swelling.

1977 • 291 citations

The interrelationship of cell density and cartilage thickness in mammalian articular cartilage.

1971 • 279 citations

THE DISTRIBUTION OF COLLAGEN IN HUMAN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE WITH SOME OF ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

1970 • 277 citations

TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LOW-BACK PAIN: A REVIEW OF THE MECHANICS OF THE LUMBAR DISC

1975 • 257 citations

Nutrition of the Intervertebral Disk

1977 • 254 citations

Sulphate (35SO4) Uptake by Chondrocytes in Relation to Histological Changes in Osteo-Arthritic Human Articular Cartilage

1960 • 245 citations

The permeability of articular cartilage under compressive strain and at high pressures

1976 • 244 citations

Biochemical Findings in Normal and Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage. II. Chondroitin Sulfate Concentration and Chain Length, Water, and Ash Content*

1966 • 226 citations

Movement and composition of interstitial fluid of cartilage

1965 • 217 citations

Water content and binding in normal and osteoarthritic human cartilage

1975 • 214 citations

The Glycosaminoglycans of Normal and Arthritic Cartilage

1971 • 203 citations

Further studies on the composition of human femoral head cartilage.

1980 • 199 citations

Transport of solutes through cartilage: permeability to large molecules.

1976 • 192 citations

Indentation tests of human articular cartilage

1976 • 181 citations

Diffusion of small solutes into the intervertebral disc: as in vitro study

1978 • 177 citations

THE METABOLISM OF MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES IN ANIMALS

1956 • 157 citations

The metabolism of joint tissues

1937 • 152 citations

ON THE METABOLISM OF THE SULFATE GROUP OF CHONDROITINSULFURIC ACID

1952 • 150 citations

The intermolecular space of reconstituted collagen fibrils

1973 • 147 citations

Biochemical changes in progressive osteoarthrosis.

1977 • 138 citations

Synovial Joints—their Structure and Mechanics

1961 • 127 citations

The measurement of fixed charged density in the intervertebral disc

1979 • 124 citations

Glycosaminoglycan turn-over in articular cartilage

1975 • 120 citations

Cartilage of the patella. Topographical variation of glycosaminoglycan content in normal and fibrillated tissue.

1975 • 116 citations

CONTACT PRESSURES IN THE LOADED HUMAN CADAVER HIP

1975 • 110 citations

Nature of "imperfect" elasticity of articular cartilage

1963 • 108 citations

Elasticity of aging cartilage.

1966 • 107 citations

Cartilage of the hip joint. Topographical variation of glycosaminoglycan content in normal and fibrillated tissue.

1973 • 101 citations

Early studies of 198Au in the treatment of synovitis of the knee.

1973 • 95 citations

Electromechanical properties of articular cartilage during compression and stress relaxation

1978 • 88 citations

A simple physicochemical micromethod for determining fixed anionic groups in connective tissue

1970 • 79 citations

Metabolism in vivo of connective-tissue mucopolysaccharides

1963 • 77 citations

The Chemistry of the Intervertebral Disc in Relation to its Physiological Function and Requirements

1980 • 75 citations

A Study of Ionic Equilibria in Cartilage

1972 • 74 citations

Isolation of proteoglycans from human articular cartilage

1978 • 72 citations

Sulphate diffusion and incorporation into human articular cartilage

1974 • 71 citations

An electrostatic model for collagen fibrils. The interaction of reconstituted collagen with Ca⁺⁺, Na⁺, and Cl⁻

1976 • 69 citations

The Nutritional Pathways of Articular Cartilage

1971 • 69 citations

Histological and Biochemical Studies on Cartilage From Osteoarthrotic Femoral Heads With Special Referencel To Surface Characteristics

1977 • 67 citations

Chemical and metabolic heterogeneity of chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate in guinea pig cartilage and nucleus pulposus

1973 • 62 citations

Studies in the metabolism of articular cartilage. I. Respiration and glycolysis of cartilage in relation to its age

1941 • 60 citations

Normal and Osteoarthrotic Articular Cartilage

1975 • 44 citations

Chondrocyte Function of Human Articular and Costal Cartilage Compared by Measuring the In Vitro Uptake of Labelled (35S) Sulphate

1960 • 44 citations

BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF HUMAN CARTILAGE DURING THE AGING PROCESS*

1964 • 43 citations

Sulphate (35SO4) Fixation by Human Articular Cartilage compared in the Knee and Shoulder Joints

1961 • 42 citations

Salt activity and osmotic pressure in connective tissue. I. A study of solutions of dextran sulphate as a model system

1973 • 39 citations

Ion-exchange reactions between cartilage and various cations

1960 • 36 citations

The distribution of serum albumin in human normal and degenerate articular cartilage

1976 • 33 citations

Fluid transport in cartilage.

1975 • 26 citations

Preparation of insoluble collagen from human cartilage (Short Communication)

1973 • 24 citations

The uptake of [14C]glucose into rabbit ear cartilage proteogylcans isolated by differential extraction and by collagenase digestion

1973 • 12 citations

[Cartilage of the patella].

1980 • 9 citations

Some aspects of the mechanical behaviour of articular cartilage.

1975 • 6 citations