ALTERATIONS IN FIBRILLAR-LEVEL MECHANICS ACROSS THE BONE-CARTILAGE INTERFACE DUE TO AGEING AND INJURY

W. Badar¹, N. Terrill², T. Snow², M. M. Knight¹, H. S. Gupta¹

¹School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; ²Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Diamond Light Source, Harwell, UK

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE OSTEOCHONDRAL INTERFACE IN YOUNG HEALTHY MICE

A. Malerba¹, V. Gaillard¹, S. Blouin², E. Dall'Ara³, H. G van Lenthe⁴, M. A Hartman², D. Ruffoni¹

¹University of Liege, Belgium; ²Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, Austria; ³University of Sheffield, UK; ⁴KU Leuven, Belgium

FLUID INGRESS INTO THE GRAFT-HOST INTERFACE OF NATURAL BONE GRAFTS VERSUS SYNTHETIC SCAFFOLDS IN THE KNEE

L. Esquivel¹, M. Zhang², G. Day¹, M. Mengoni¹, H. Fermor³, C. Liu², R. Wilcox¹

¹Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; ²Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, United Kingdom; ³School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

MULTIAXIAL OSTEOSYNTHESIS SCREW FAILURE PREDICTED BY PERI-IMPLANT BONE MORPHOLOGY

J. Silva-Henao¹, D. Pahr², A. Reisinger^1,2

¹Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Austria; ²TU Vienna, Austria

INTERNAL BONE DISPLACEMENT AND STRAIN DUE TO CEMENTLESS TIBIAL TRAY IMPLANTATION: A MICRO-CT AND DVC STUDY

K. J. Bennett¹, L. S Wearne¹, S. Rapagna¹, S. P Reddy², J. C Dohm^3,4, B. Richter³, C. Schilling³, T. M Grupp^3,4, E. Perilli¹

¹Medical Device Research Institute, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Australia; ²The Joint Replacement Clinic, Australia; ³Aesculap AG, Research & Development, Germany; ⁴Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Musculoskeletal University Center Munich (MUM), LMU Munich, Germany