New experimental methodology to evaluate lubrication properties of synovial fluid containing worn tissue particles in osteoarthritis patients

Israel DVIR; Kareem ABD-RBO; David SEGAL; Leonid (Arieh) KANDEL; Haytam KASEM

doi:10.1007/s40544-023-0748-4

Friction 2023, 11(11): 2132-2141 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0748-4

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New experimental methodology to evaluate lubrication properties of synovial fluid containing worn tissue particles in osteoarthritis patients

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Israel DVIR^¹, Kareem ABD-RBO^¹, David SEGAL^², Leonid (Arieh) KANDEL^², Haytam KASEM^¹(

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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem 9103501, Israel

2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, Jerusalem 9103501, Israel

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tribology, osteoarthritis (OA), synovial fluid (SF), pin-on-plate

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DVIR I, ABD-RBO K, SEGAL D, et al. New experimental methodology to evaluate lubrication properties of synovial fluid containing worn tissue particles in osteoarthritis patients. Friction, 2023, 11(11): 2132-2141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0748-4

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Studying the lubrication properties of osteoarthritis (OA) synovial fluid (SF) enables an understanding of the boundary lubrication joint, mobility, and friction. However, tribology has never been combined with the clinical reality of the presence of worn particles within the synovial fluid and how they affect the osteoarthritic joints. Part of the problem relates to the tribology methods studying friction by applying inadequate pin-on-disc techniques. In this study, synovial fluid with and without worn particles was studied using a customized tribometer. This method enables opening the contact at the end of each cycle and simulates better contact conditions of a natural knee joint and can thus be applied for evaluating the severity of joint OA and the treatment given to the patient.

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New experimental methodology to evaluate lubrication properties of synovial fluid containing worn tissue particles in osteoarthritis patients

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Israel DVIR^¹, Kareem ABD-RBO^¹, David SEGAL^², Leonid (Arieh) KANDEL^², Haytam KASEM^¹(

)

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem 9103501, Israel

2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, Jerusalem 9103501, Israel

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Keywords: tribology, osteoarthritis (OA), synovial fluid (SF), pin-on-plate

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Received: 31 August 2022

Revised: 24 October 2022

Accepted: 17 February 2023

Published: 11 May 2023

Issue date: November 2023

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The experimental test rig was funded by Maof Fellowships, the Council for Higher Education of Israel (Prof. Haytam KASEM).

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