Conference Agenda

TEMPERATURE: THE MISSING LINK IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CARTILAGE HOMEOSTASIS?

D. Pioletti

EPFL, Switzerland

SELECTIVE CHANGES IN LOAD-INDUCED CARTILAGE BLOOD MARKER KINETICS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES IN AMBULATORY KNEE LOAD AFTER HIGH TIBIAL OSTEOTOMY

A. Múndermann^1,2,3,4, S. Herger^1,2,3, E. De Pieri¹, A.-M. Liphardt⁵, C. Egloff^2,6, C. Nüesch^1,2,3,4

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Switzerland; ²Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland; ³Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Switzerland; ⁴Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland; ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen & Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; ⁶Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland

FLUID INGRESS INTO THE GRAFT-HOST INTERFACE OF OSTEOCHONDRAL GRAFTS UNDER CYCLIC LOADING IN THE KNEE

L. Esquivel¹, G. Day¹, M. Mengoni¹, H. Fermor², R. Wilcox¹

¹Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, UK; ²School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK

CHANGES IN MINERAL CONTENT AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CALCIFIED CARTILAGE IN THE KNEE DURING AGING

L. Müller¹, S. Blouin², P. Drion¹, M. A. Hartmann², D. Ruffoni¹

¹University of Liège, Belgium; ²Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, Austria

MAPPING CHANGES IN CHONDROCYTE ORGANISATION OVER POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT USING 3D VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY

K. Vanciková¹, S. Moore¹, M. Pierantoni², H. Isaksson², M. C. Labberté¹, S. Marathe³, P. A. Brama¹, N. C. Nowlan¹

¹University College Dublin, Ireland; ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden; ³Diamond Light Source, Oxfordshire, UK

IN SITU IMAGING OF ANISOTROPIC FIBER DEFORMATION AND DAMAGE IN ACHILLES TENDONS UNDER TENSION

M. Pierantoni¹, J. Kok¹, M. Hammerman^1,2, V. Novak³, P. Eliasson^2,4, H. Isaksson¹

¹Lund University, Sweden; ²Linköping University, Sweden; ³Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland; ⁴Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

DOES THE TENDON FORCE STRAIN RELATIONSHIP DEPEND ON THE IN VIVO OR IN VITRO ENVIRONMENT?

F. M. Bossuyt¹, T. Leonard², W. M. Scott², W. R. Taylor¹, W. Herzog²

¹ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ²University of Calgary, Canada

TRABECULAR ARCHITECTURE IN HUMAN CALCANEUS BONE AND FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION TO TENDON INSERTION

V. Gaillard¹, A. Tits¹, E. Plougonven¹, E. Dall'Ara², D. Ruffoni¹

¹University of Liège, Belgium; ²University of Sheffield, UK

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF CONTRAST AGENTS ON MICRO AND NANO MECHANICS OF SOFT TO HARD TISSUE INTERFACE

A. Moayedi¹, K. Karali¹, J. Radulovic¹, G. Blunn²

¹Department of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom; ²Department of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

A MULTI-SCALE MODEL TO PREDICT THE EVOLUTION OF BIOPRINTED TISSUE MORPHOLOGY

T. Hayes^1,2, A. Pramanick^2,3, A. Daly^2,3, A. Pandit³, P. McGarry², G. Zurlo¹, E. McEvoy²

¹School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway, Ireland; ²Discipline of Biomedical Engineering, University of Galway, Ireland; ³CÚRAM the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway, Ireland

COMPLEX MECHANICAL LOADING AND INFLAMMATION IN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION

K. B Crump^1,2, K. De Graaf¹, P. Bermudez-Lekerika^1,2, C. Le Maitre³, J. Noailly⁴, B. Gantenbein^1,5

¹TOM Lab, Department for BioMedical Research, Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland; ²Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland; ³Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, UK; ⁴BCN MedTech, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; ⁵Department of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland