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Van C. Mow

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Van C. Mow
Department Chair, Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedic Bioengineering
351 Engineering Terrace
1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code: 8904

Phone: +1 212-854-8462
Fax: +1 212-854-5117
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Education

  • 1962: B.A.E., Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1966: Ph.D., Applied Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1967-68: Postdoctoral, Applied Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Professional Experience

  • 1968-69: Member of Technical Staff, Division of Engineering Mechanics, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
  • 1969-76: Associate Professor of Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1976-82: Professor of Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1976-77: Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • 1982-86: John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 1986-98: Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedic Bioengineering, Columbia University
  • 1986-2002: Director, New York Orthopaedic Hospital Research Laboratory, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
  • 1995-2000: Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Columbia University
  • 1998- : Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
  • 2000- : Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Engineering School, Columbia University
  • 2003- : Director, Liu Ping Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering, Engineering School, Columbia University

Professional Committees and Activities (Selected)

  • 2003-6: Steering Committee of the World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers
  • 2002: President's Advisory Committee for Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2002-6: Treasurer, World Committee on Biomechanics
  • 2002-3: Member, Committee on Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health, NASA
  • 2002-4: Nominating Committee, National Academy of Engineering
  • 2002-5: Member, Biomedical Engineering Committee, Academy of Radiology Research
  • 2001-3: Member, Standing Committee on Aerospace Medicine and Medicine of Extreme Environments, IOM Advisory Committee for NASA
  • 2001-4: Member, Committee on Membership, National Academy of Engineering
  • 2000-2003: Member, Russ Prize Committee, National Academy of Engineering
  • 2000-2002: Member, International Steering Committee, 4th World Congress of Biomechanics
  • 1999-2006: Chairman, Advisory Committee, Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institute, Taiwan
  • 1999-2001: Chair, Bioengineering Section, National Academy of Engineering
  • 1997-2000: Chair, Research Committee, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
  • 1997-99: NRC Liaison Officer for Bioengineering, National Academy of Engineering
  • 1996-99: Peer Committee, Bioengineering Section, National Academy of Engineering

Honors and Awards (Selected)

  • 2006: Rensselar Gurley Lecture in Mechanics, "Constitutive Modeling of Biological Tissues as a Soft, Charged, Hydrated, Fiber-Reinforced Material - Implications for Tissue Engineering," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2006: Clarence E. Davies Medal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2006: Named Lectureship, The Van C. Mow Lectures in Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2005: Honorary Lecturer, "Biomedical Engineering for the Year 2020: What Do We See? A New Discipline for the Twenty-first Century," First U.S.-Thailand Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2005: Honorary Lecture, First U.S.-Thailand Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Bangkok, In Celebration of the 50th Birthday Anniversary of Her Royal Highness Princes Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
  • 2005: Honorary Member, International Chinese Hard Tissue Society
  • 2005: Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society
  • 2004: Named ASME Medal: The Van C. Mow Medal for Excellence in Bioengineering
  • 2004: Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  • 2004: Honorary Professor, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • 2004: Honorary Professor, Zhejiang University
  • 2004: Invited Lecture, National Meeting, National Academy of Engineering
  • 2004: Army Research Office Conference on Mechanics and Chemistry of Biosystems, Irvine California
  • 2003: Academic Adviser to Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Thailand
  • 2003: Plenary Lecture, Biomechanics and Disease Mechanism, World Congress on OsteoArthritis, Berlin, Germany
  • 2003: Honorary Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2003: Keynote Lecture, 2nd National Science Education Seminar, for the Commoration of Her Royal Highness, Crowned Princess Sirindhorn 48th Birthday and the 60th Anniversary of Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2003: Keynote Lecturer, Life Sciences Consortium's Colloquium Series, Pennsylvania State University
  • 2002: Keynote Lecturer: Role of Biomechanics on Functional Tissue Engineering, First Congress of Chinese Biomechanics, Taipei
  • 2002: Kroc Foundation Distinguished Lecturer on Osteoarthritis and Tissue Engineering, University of Miami
  • 2000: Distinguished Lecturer, Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation,Vail, Colorado
  • 2000: Keynote Lecture, Croucher Advanced Studies Institute, Hong Kong
  • 1998: Robert H. Thurston Lecture, ASME
  • 1998: Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996: 1st Stichting World Biomechanics Foundation "Low-Lands" Biomechanica Award, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • 1996: H.E. Cabaud Award, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  • 1996: C.S. Neer Award, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
  • 1992: College of Fellows, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Founding Member
  • 1991: National Academy of Engineering
  • 1991: Giovani Borelli Award, American Society of Biomechanics
  • 1987: H.R. Lissner Award for Contributions to Bioengineering, ASME

Grants, 1997-2000 (Selected, Recent)

  • 2002-6: Principal Investigator, Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Special Award: Leadership in Biomedical Engineering through Cellular and Tissue Engineering, Biomedical Imaging and Biomechanics, $7,500,000
  • 1999-2003: Principal Investigator, Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Development Award: Bridging Engineering, Medicine and Biology with an Emphasis on Biomedical Imaging, $2,500,000
  • 1996-2000: Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, Biomechanical Factors in OA of the Glenohumeral Joint, $1,200,000
  • 1996-98: Principal Investigator, Whitaker Special Opportunity Award, Tissue Biomechanics and Biochemistry: A Theme for the Development of a Biomedical Engineering Department at Columbia University, $1,000,000
  • 1994-2002: Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, Etiology of Osteoarthritis of the Carpometacarpal Joint, $1,200,000 (TC)
  • 1993-98: Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Understanding Human Joint Mechanics through Advanced Computational Models, Columbia University/RPI Collaborative Project, $800,000 (TC)
  • 1993-2001: Principal Investigator, National Institutes Of Health, Mechano-Electrochemical Properties of Cartilage, $900,000 (TC)

Books

  • Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, I. eds VC Mow, A Ratcliffe, SLY Woo, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 451, 1990.
  • Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, II. eds VC Mow, A Ratcliffe, SLY Woo, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 464, 1990.
  • Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics. eds VC Mow, WC Hayes, Raven Press, New York, pp 453, 1991.
  • Knee Meniscus: Basic and Clinical Foundations. eds VC Mow, SP Arnoczky and DW Jackson, Raven Press, New York, pp 190, 1992.
  • Cell Mechanics and Cellular Engineering, eds VC Mow, F Guilak, R Tran-Son-Tay, RM Hochmuth, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 564, 1994.
  • Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 2nd Edition, eds VC Mow, WC Hayes, Lippincott-Raven Press, Philadelphia, pp 514, 1997.
  • Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanisc and Mechanobiology, 3rd Edition, eds VC Mow, HWJ Huiskes, Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004

Peer Reviewed Publications (selected)

  1. Setton LA, Mow VC, Muller FJ, Pita JC, Howell DS: Mechanical properties of canine articular cartilage are significantly altered following transection of the anterior cruciate ligament. J Orthop Res 12:451-463, 1994
  2. Guilak F, Ratcliffe A, Lane N, Rosenwasser MP, Mow VC: Mechanical and biochemical changes in the superficial zone of articular cartilage in a canine model of osteoarthritis. J Orthop Res 12:474-484, 1994
  3. Muller FJ, Setton LA, Manicourt DH, Mow VC, Howell DS, Pita JC: Centrifugal and biochemical comparison of proteoglycan aggregates from articular cartilage in experimental joint disuse and joint instability. J Orthop Res 12:498-508, 1994
  4. Ateshian GA, Lai WM, Zhu WB, Mow VC: An asymptotic solution for two contacting biphasic cartilage layers. J Biomechanics, 27:1347-1360, 1994
  5. Mow VC, Tohyama H, Grelsamer RP: Structure-function of knee cartilage, Sports Medicine Arthroscopy Review 2:189-202, 1994
  6. Grelsamer RP, Colman WW, Mow VC: The anatomy and biomechanics of the patellofemoral joint, Sports Medicine Arthroscopy Review 2:178-188, 1994
  7. Zhu WB, Chern KY, Mow VC: Anisotropic viscoelastic shear properties of bovine meniscus. Clin Orthop Rel Res 306:34-45, 1994
  8. Flatow EL, Ateshian GA, Soslowsky LJ, Pawluk RJ, Grelsamer RP, Mow VC, Bigliani LU: Computer simulation of glenohumeral and patellofemoral subluxation: Estimating pathological articular contact. Clin Orthop Rel Res 306:28-33, 1994
  9. Cohen B, Chorney GS, Phillips, DP, Dick HM, Mow VC: Compressive stress-relaxation behavior of bovine growth plate may be described by the nonlinear-biphasic theory. J Orthop Res 12:804-813, 1994
  10. Flatow EL, Soslowsky LJ, Ticker JB, Pawluk RJ, Hepler MD, Ark JW, Mow VC, Bigliani LU: Excursion of the rotator cuff under the acromion: patterns of subacromial contact. Am J Sp Med 22:779-788, 1994
  11. Ateshian GA, Ark JW, Rosenwasser MP, Pawluk RJ, Soslowsky LJ, Mow VC: A study on contact areas in the thumb carpometacarpal joint. J Orthop Res 13:450-458, 1995
  12. Guilak F, Ratcliffe A, Mow VC: Chondrocyte deformation and local tissue strain in articular cartilage: A confocal microscopy study. J Orthop Res 13:410-421, 1995
  13. Mow VC, Setton LA, Guilak F, Ratcliffe A: Mechanical factors in articular cartilage and their role in osteoarthritis. NIH/AAOS Workshop: New Horizons in Osteoarthrits Amer Acad Orthop Surg, eds K Kuettner, VM Goldberg, Rosemont, IL, 1995, pp 147-171
  14. Setton LA, Gu WY, Lai WM, Mow VC: Predictions of the swelling induced pre-stress in articular cartilage. Mechanics of Porous Media, ed by APS Selvadurai, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 299-322, 1995
  15. Setton LA, Mow VC, Howell DS: The mechanical behavior of articular cartilage in shear is altered by transection of the anterior cruciate ligament. J Orthop Res 13:473-482, 1995
  16. Acaroglu ER, Iatridis JC, Setton LA, Foster RJ, Mow VC, Weidenbaum M: Degeneration and aging affect the tensile behavior of human lumbar annulus fibrosus. Spine, 20:2690-2701, 1995
  17. Bachrach NM, Valhmu WB, Stazzone E, Ratcliffe A, Lai WM, Mow VC: Changes in proteoglycan synthesis rates of chondrocytes in articular cartilage are associated with the time dependent changes in their mechanical environment. J Biomechanics, 28:1561-1569, 1995
  18. Ebara S, Iatridis JC, Setton LA, Foster RJ, Mow VC, Weidenbaum: Tensile properties of non-degenerate human lumbar annulus fibrosus. Spine 21:452-461, 1996
  19. Zhu WB, Iatridis JC, Hlibczjk V, Ratcliffe A, Mow VC: Determinations of collagen-proteoglycan interactions in vitro. J Biomechanics, 29:773-784, 1996
  20. Iatridis JC, Weidenbaum M, Setton LA, Mow VC: Is the nucleus pulposus a solid or a fluid? Mechanical behavior of the nucleus pulposus of the human intervertebral disc. Spine 21:1174-1184, 1996
  21. Ratcliffe A, Mow VC: Structure and function of articular cartilage. In Structure and Function of the Extracellular Matrix of Connective Tissues. ed by WD Comper, Harwood Academic Publishers, 1996, pp 234-302
  22. Ticker JB, Bigliani LU, Soslowsky LJ, Pawluk RJ, Flatow EL, Mow VC: The inferior glenohumeral ligament: geometric and strain-rate dependent properties, J Shoud Elbow Surg, 5:269-279, 1996
  23. Bigliani LU, Kelkar R, Flatow EL, Pollock RG, Mow VC: Glenohumeral stability: Biomechanical properties of passive and active stabilizers. Clin Orthop Rel Res, 330:13-30, 1996
  24. Weidenbaum M, Iatridis JC, Setton LA, Foster RJ, Mow VC: Mechanical behavior of the intervertebral disc and the effects of degeneration. In: NIH-AAOS Low Back Pain: A Scientific and Clinical Overview, JN Weinstein, SL Gordon (eds) AAOS Publishers, Rosemont, IL, pp 557-582, 1996
  25. Gu WY, Lai WM, Mow VC: A triphasic analysis of negative osmotic flows through charged-hydrated soft tissues. J Biomechanics 30:71-78, 199
  26. Setton LA, Mow VC, Muller FJ, Pita JC, Howell DS: Altered material properties and biochemical composition of canine knee cartilage after periods of disuse and disuse followed by remobilization. OA & Cartilage, 5:1-16, 1997
  27. Iatridis JC, Setton LA, Weidenbaum M, Mow VC: Alterations in the mechanical behaviors of human lumbar nucleus pulposus with degeneration and aging, J Orthop Res 15:318-322, 1997
  28. Newton PM, Mow VC, Buckwalter JA, Albright JP: The effect of life-long exercise on canine knee articular cartilage. Am J Sp Med, 25:282-287, 1997
  29. Kwak SD, Colman WW, Ateshian GA, Grelsamer RP, Henry JH, Mow VC: Anatomy of the human patellofemoral joint articular cartilage: A surface curvature analysis. J Orthop Res 15:468-472, 1997
  30. Mow VC, Ratcliffe A: Structure and function of articular cartilage and meniscus. Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 2nd edition, VC Mow, WC Hayes (eds), Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, pp 113-177, 1997
  31. Mow VC, Ateshian GA: Lubrication and wear of diarthrodial joints. Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 2nd edition, VC Mow, WC Hayes (eds), Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, pp 275-315, 1997
  32. Iatridis JC, Setton LA, Weidenbaum M, Mow VC: The viscoelastic behavior of the non-degenerate human lumbar nucleus pulposus in shear, Biomechanics, 30:1005-1013, 1997
  33. Mow VC, Foster RJ: Tribolgoy. In: The Adult Hip edited by J Callahan, H Rubash, A Rosenberg, Lippencott-Raven Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1997, pp 217-229
  34. Froimson MI, Ratcliffe A, Gardner TR, Mow VC: Differences in patellofemoral joint cartilage material properties and their significance in the etiology of cartilage surface fibrillations. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 5:377-386, 1997
  35. Ateshian GA, Warden WH, Kim JJ, Grelsamer RP, Mow VC: Finite deformation biphasic material properties of bovine articular cartilage from confined compression experiments. J Biomechanics 30:1157-1164, 1997
  36. Gu WY, Lai WM, Mow VC: A mixture theory for charged hydrated soft tissues containing multi-electrolytes: passive transport and swelling behaviors. J Biomech Engng, 120:169-180, 1998
  37. Mow VC, Setton LA: Mechanical properties of normal and osteoarthritic cartilage. In: Osteoarthritis, ed by KD Brandt, M Doherty, LS Lohmander, M Doherty, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1998, pp 108-122
  38. Valhmu WB, Stazzone EJ, Bachrach NM, Saed-Nejad F, Fisher SG, Mow VC, Ratcliffe A: Constant compressive loading of articular cartilage induces a transient stimulation of aggrecan gene expression. Arch Biochem Biophys 353:29-36, 1998
  39. Setton LA, Tohyama H, Mow VC: Swelling and curling behaviors of articular cartilage, J Biomech Engng, 120:355-361, 1998
  40. Xu LF, Strauch RJ, Ateshian GA, Pawluk RJ, Mow VC, Rosenwasser: Topography of the osteoarthritic thumb carpometacarpal joint and its variation with gender, age, site and osteoarthritic staging. J Hand Surg, 23A:454-464, 1998
  41. Cohen B, Lai WM, Mow VC: A transversely isotropic biphasic model for unconfined compression of growth plate and chondroepiphysis, J Biomech Engng, 120:491-496, 1998
  42. Bachrach NM, Mow VC, Guilak F: Incompressibility of the solid matrix of articular cartilage under high hydrostatic pressures. J Biomechanics, 1:445-451, 1998
  43. Peterfy CG, Mow VC, Bigliani LU: Evaluating arthritic changes in the shoulder with MRI. Shoulder Magnetic Resonance Imaging, LS Steinbach, PFJ Tirman, CG Peterfy, JF Feller (eds), Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, pp 221-235, 1998
  44. Iatridis JC, Setton LA, Foster RJ, Rawlings BA, Weidenbaum M, Mow VC: Degeneration affects the anisotropic and nonlinear behaviors of human anulus fibrosus in compression, J Biomechanics, 31:535-544, 1998
  45. Mow VC, Ateshian GA, Lai WM, Gu WY: Effects of fixed charges on the stress-relaxation behavior of hydrated soft tissues in a confined compression problem. Int J Solids and Structures, 35:4945-4962, 1998
  46. Mow VC, Ateshian GA, Lai WM, Gu WY: Effects of fixed charges on the stress-relaxation behavior of hydrated soft tissues in a confined compression problem. In: Poroelasticity: Maurice A. Biot Memorial Issue, AHD Cheng, E Detournay, Y Abousleiman (eds), Pergamon Press, pp 4945-4962, 1998
  47. Cohen NP, Foster RJ, Mow VC: Composition and dynamics of articular cartilage: Structure, function, and maintaining healthy state. J Orthop Sp Phys Therapy, 28:203-215, 1998
  48. Ahmad CS, Kwak SD, Ateshian GA, Warden WH, Steadman RJ, Mow VC: Effects of partellar tendon adhesion to the anterior tibia on knee mechanics. Am J Sp Med, 26(5):715-724, 1998
  49. Cohen ZA, McCarthy DM, Roglic H, Henry JH, Rodkey WG, Steadman JR, Mow VC, Ateshian GA: Computer-Aided Planning of Patellofemoral Joint OA Surgery: Developing Physical Models from Patient MRI. In: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. WM Wells, A Colchester, S Delp (eds), Springer-Verlag, 1998, pp 9-20
  50. Athanasiou KA, Rosenwasser MP, Buckwalter JA, Olmstead M, Mow VC: Biomechanical modeling of repair articular cartilage: Effects of passive motion on osteochondral healing. Tissue Engng, 4(2):185-195, 1998
  51. Lai WM, Gu WY, Mow VC: On the equivalence of chemical load and mechanical load on articular cartilage. J Biomechanics, 12:1181-1185, 1998
  52. Mow VC, Wang CB, Hung CT: The extracellular matrix, intersitial fluid and ions as a mechanical signal transducer in articular cartilage. OA & Cartilage, 7:41-58, 1999
  53. Sun DN, Gu WY, Guo XE, Lai WM, Mow VC: A mixed finite element formulation of triphasic mechano-electrochemical theory for charged, hydrated biological soft tissues. Int J Num Meth Engng, 45:1375-1402, 1999
  54. Lai WM, Mow VC, Sun DN, Ateshian GA: On the electric potentials inside a charged soft hydrated biological tissue: Streaming potential vs. diffusion potential, J Biomech Engng, 122:336-346, 2000
  55. Lai WM, Sun DD, Ateshian GA, Mow VC: Effects of inhomogeneous fixed charged density on the electrical signals for chondrocytes in cartilage. ASME-AMD Symp on Mechanics in Biology, eds. J Casey, G Bao, Nov 5-10, 2000
  56. Mow VC, Guo XE, Sun DD, Lai WM: Changes in the mechano-electrochemical environment in the extracellular matrix surrounding chondrocytes. ASME-AMD Symp on Mechanics in Biology, eds. J Casey, G Bao, Nov 5-10, 2000
  57. Mow VC, Flatow EL, Ateshian GA: Biomechanics. In: JA Buckwalter, TA Einhorn, SR Simon, eds, Orthopaedic Basic Science: Biology and Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System, 2nd Edition, Amer Acad Orthop Surg, Rosemont, Il, pp 133-181, 2000
  58. Pollock RG, Wang VM, Bucchieri JS, Cohen NP, Huang CY, Pawluk RJ, Flatow EL, Bigliani LU, Mow VC: Effects of repetitive subfailure strains on the mechanical behavior of the inferior glenohumeral ligament. J Should Elbow Surg, 9:427-435, 2000
  59. Guilak G, Mow VC: The mechanical environment of the chondrocyte: A biphasic finite element model of cell-matrix interactions in articular cartilage. J Biomechanics, 33:1663-1673, 2000
  60. Wang CB, Hung CT, Mow VC: An analysis of the effects of depth-dependent aggregate modulus on articular cartilage stress-relaxation behavior in compression. J Biomechanics, 34:75-84, 2001
  61. Mow VC, Sugalski MT: Physiology of synovial joints and articular cartilage. In: Gonzales EG, et al, eds, Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation Medicine, 3rd edition, Butterworth Heinemann Pubs, Boston, MA, Chap 8, pp 133-168, 200
  62. Ahmad CS, Cohen ZA, Levine WN, Ateshian GA, Mow VC: Biomechanical and topographic consideration for autologous osteochondral grafting in the knee. Am J Sp Med, 29:201-206, 2001
  63. Kitano T, Ateshian GA, Mow VC, Kadoya Y, Yamano Y: Constituent and pH changes in protein rich hyaluronan solution affect the biotribological properties of artificial articular joint. J Biomechanics, 34:1031-1037, 2001
  64. Cohen ZA, Roglic H, Grelsamer RP, Henry JH, Levine WN, Mow VC, Ateshian GA: Patellofemoral stresses during open and closed kinetic chain exercise: An analysis using computer simulation. Am J Sp Med, 29:480-487, 2001
  65. Huang CY, Mow VC, Ateshian GA: Role of flow-independent viscoelasticity in the tensile and compressive responses of biphasic articular cartilage, J Biomech Engng, 123;5:410-417, 2002
  66. Mow VC, Guo XE: Mechano-electrochemical properties of articular cartilage: Their inhomogenieties and anisotropics. Annu Rev Biomed Eng, 4:175-209, 2002
  67. Lai WM, Sun DD, Ateshian GA, XE Guo, Mow VC: Electrical signals for chondrocytes in cartilage. Biorheology, 39:39-45, 2002
  68. Wang CCB, Guo XE, Sun DN, Mow VC, Ateshian GA, Hung CT: The functional environment of chondrocytes within cartilage subject to compressive loading: A theoretical and experimental approach. Biorheology, 39:11-25, 2002
  69. Mow VC, Sun DN, Guo XE, Likhitpanichkul, Lai WM: Fixed negative charges modulate mechanical behavior and electrical signals in articular cartilage under unconfined compression: The triphasic paradigm. Proc Tribute to Professor Reint de Boer, Springer Verlag Publisher, Berlin, edited by W. Ehlers, pp 227-247, 2002
  70. Cohen ZA, Henry JH, McCarthy DM, Mow VC, Ateshian GA: Computer simulations of patellofemoral joint surgery: Tuberosity transfers on patient-specific models. Am J Sp Med, 31:87-98, 2003
  71. Huang CY, Soltz MA, Kopacz M, Mow VC, Ateshian GA: Experimetnal verification of the roles of intrinsic matrix viscoelasticity and tension-compression nonlinearity in the biphasic response of cartilage. J Biomech Engng, 125:84-93, 2003
  72. Ahmad CS, Cohen ZA, Levine WN, Ateshian GA, Mow VC: Co-dominance of the individual PCL bundles: An analysis of bundle lengths and orientation. Am J Sp Med, 31:221-225, 2003

  73. Buckwalter JA, Martin JA, Olmstead M, Athanasiou KA, Mow VC: Osteochondral repair of primate knee femoral and patellar articular cartilage: Implications for preventing post-traumatic osteoarthritis. The Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, 23:66-74, 2003

  74. Koff MF, Ugwonali OF, Strauch RJ, Rosenwasser MP, Ateshian GA, Mow VC: Sequential wear patterns of articular cartilage of the thumb carpometacarpal joint in osteoarthritis. The J Hand Surg, 28A:597-604, 2003
  75. Cohen ZA, Mow VC, Henry JH, Levine WN, Ateshian GA: Templates of the cartilage layers of the patellofemoral joint and their use in the assessment of osteoarthritis cartilage damage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 11:569-579, 2003
  76. Mow VC, Hung CT: Mechanical properties of normal and osteoarthritic articular cartilage, and mechano-biology of chondrocytes. In: Osteoarthritis, ed by KD Brandt, M Doherty, LS Lohmander, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp 102-112, 2003
  77. Buckwalter JA, Mow VC, Mankin HJ: Articular Cartilage, In: Musculoskeletal Medicine, ed. J Bernstein, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Publishers, Rosemont, IL, pp 15-23, 2003
  78. Guo XE, Lu HH, Likhitpanichkul, Mow VC: The role of biomechanics in functional tissue engineering for articular cartilage. In: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering, eds. Ned HC Hwang, Savio L-Y Woo, Klawer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp 37-60, 2003
  79. Sun DD, Guo XE, Likhitpanichkul M, Lai WM, Mow VC: The Effect influence of the fixed negative charges on mechanical and electrical behaviors in articular cartilage under unconfined compression, J Biomech Engng, Trans ASME, 126:1-11, 2004
  80. Wan LQ, Miller C, Guo XE, Mow VC: Fixed electrical charges and mobile ions affect the measurable mechano-electrochemical properties of charged-hydrated biological tissues: The articular cartilage paradigm, Mechanics, 1:81-99, 2004
  81. Lu X, Sun DNS, Guo XE, Chen FH, Lai WM, Mow VC: Indentation determined mechano-electrochemical properties and fixed charge density of articular cartilage, Ann Biomed Eng, 32:370-379, 2004( Part I)
  82. Gu WY, Sun DN, Lai WM, Mow VC: Analysis of dynamic permeation with implications to cartilaginous tissue engineering. J Biomech Engng, Trans ASME, 126:485-491, 2004
  83. 217. Mow VC, Huiskes R: A brief history of science and orthopaedic biomechanics. In: Basic Orthopaedics Biomechanics and Mechano-biology, VC Mow, R Huiskes (eds), 3rd Edition, Lippincott, William and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, Chap 1, pp 1-27, 2004
  84. 218. Mow VC, Chen FH, Gu WY: Structure and function of articular cartilage and meniscus. In: Basic Orthopaedics Biomechanics and Mechano-biology, VC Mow, R Huiskes (eds), 3rd Edition, Lippincott, William and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, Chap 5, pp 181-258, 2004
  85. Ateshian GA, Mow VC: Friction lubrication and wear of articular cartilage and diarthrodial joints. In: Basic Orthopaedics Biomechanics and Mechano-biology, VC Mow, R Huiskes (eds), 3rd Edition, Lippincott, William and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, Chap 10, pp 447-494, 2004
  86. Zheng YP, Shi J, Qin L, Patil SG, Mow VC, Zhou KH: Dynamic depth-dependent osmotic swelling and solute diffusion in articular cartilage monitored using real-time ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 30:841-849, 2004
  87. Huang CY, Stankiewicz A, Ateshian GA, Mow VC: Anisotropy, inhomogeneity, and tension-compression nonlinearity of human glenohumeral cartilage in finite deformation. J Biomechanics, 38:799-809, 2005
  88. Wang VM, Sugalski MT, Levine WN, Pawluk RJ, Mow VC, Bigliani LU: Comparison of glenohumeral mechanics following capsular shift and anterior tightening. J Bone Joint Surg, 87A:1312-1322, 2005
  89. Huang CY, Wang VM, Pawluk RJ, Bucchieri JS, Levine WN, Bigliani LU, Mow VC, Flatow EL. Inhomogeneous mechanical behavior of the human supraspinatus tendon under uniaxial loading. J Orthop Res, 23:924-930, 2005
  90. Koff MF, Shrivastava N, Gardner TR, Rosenwasser MP, Mow VC, Strauch RJ: An In Vitro Analysis of Ligament Reconstruction or Extension Osteotomy on Trapeziometacarpal Joint Stability and Contact Areas, J Hand Surg, 31(3):429-439, 2006
  91. Likhitpanichkul M, Guo XE, Mow VC: The effect of matrix tension-compression nonlinearity and fixed negative charges on chondrocyte responses in cartilage. Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, 2:191-184, 2005