Effects of Hyaluronic Acid and γ–Globulin Concentrations on the Frictional Response of Human Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage

Jae-Yong Park; Cong-Truyen Duong; Ashish Ranjan Sharma; Kyeong-Min Son; Mark S. Thompson; Sungchan Park; Jun-Dong Chang; Ju-Suk Nam; Seonghun Park; Sang-Soo Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112684

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Effects of Hyaluronic Acid and γ–Globulin Concentrations on the Frictional Response of Human Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage

Jae-Yong Park ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jae-Yong Park, Cong-Truyen Duong, Ashish Ranjan Sharma

Affiliation Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Cong-Truyen Duong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jae-Yong Park, Cong-Truyen Duong, Ashish Ranjan Sharma

Affiliations School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea, Mechanical Engineering Department, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Ashish Ranjan Sharma ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jae-Yong Park, Cong-Truyen Duong, Ashish Ranjan Sharma

Affiliation Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Kyeong-Min Son,

Affiliation Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Mark S. Thompson,

Affiliation Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Sungchan Park,

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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Jun-Dong Chang,

Affiliation Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Ju-Suk Nam,

Affiliation Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Seonghun Park ,

* E-mail: paks@pusan.ac.kr (SP); totalhip@hallym.ac.kr (SSL)

Affiliations Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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Sang-Soo Lee

* E-mail: paks@pusan.ac.kr (SP); totalhip@hallym.ac.kr (SSL)

Affiliation Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Effects of Hyaluronic Acid and γ–Globulin Concentrations on the Frictional Response of Human Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage

Jae-Yong Park,
Cong-Truyen Duong,
Ashish Ranjan Sharma,
Kyeong-Min Son,
Mark S. Thompson,
Sungchan Park,
Jun-Dong Chang,
Ju-Suk Nam,
Seonghun Park,
Sang-Soo Lee

Published: November 26, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112684

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