In vitro mechanical fatigue behavior of poly-ε-caprolactone macroporous scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering: Influence of pore filling by a poly(vinyl alcohol) gel

Polymeric scaffolds used in regenerative therapies are implanted in the damaged tissue and subjected to repeated loading cycles. In the case of articular cartilage engineering, an implanted scaffold is typically subjected to long term dynamic compression. The evolution of the mechanical properties o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Panadero, J. A. (author)
Other Authors: Vikingsson, L. (author), Gomez Ribelles, J. L. (author), Lanceros-Méndez, S. (author), Sencadas, Vítor João Gomes Silva (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1822/38866
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/38866