Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) may be a safe pain-relieving treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis.

MRI scans show early knee joint damage is common in symptom-free adults in their thirties. Mild structural changes in the ...

State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Irregular partial-thickness cartilage defect is a common pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) with no available ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the shear viscoelastic characteristics, as measured by ultrasound elastography, of liver fibrosis in a rat model and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy ...

Share on Pinterest bluecinema/Getty Images One of the characteristics of osteoarthritis (OA) is the loss of cartilage in your joints, which acts as a protective cushion. While no treatment can ...

Osteoarthritis (OA), a whole-joint disease driven by abnormal biomechanics and attendant cell-derived and tissue-derived factors, is a rheumatic disease with the highest prevalence, representing a ...

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At the same time, end-notched flexure tests have been conducted at high temperatures under different loading rates for the investigation of the effect of viscoelasticity on the interface delamination ...

It is lined with the thickest layer of cartilage in the body because it endures a great deal of force. The knee has two types of cartilage: meniscus and articular cartilage. The menisci are ...

The fundamental findings reported here provide insight into how the viscoelasticity of the fingertip skin influences the activity of mechanoreceptive afferents and thus the neural coding of force in ...