Research Article

Cartilage Dysfunction in ALS Patients as Side Effect of Motion Loss: 3D Mechano-Electrochemical Computational Model

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(a) -displacement ( ), (b) water ( ), (c) cation ( ), and (d) anion ( ) fluxes obtained with the presented 3D computational model during five phases of swelling (3600 seconds total time simulation) in healthy cartilage samples. Note that negative fluxes for each species studied correspond to the emergence of that component from the sample to the external solution. Conversely, positive fluxes refer to the entrance of the different components (water or ions) into the sample (tissue gain of material).
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