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The lubricating activity of human synovial fluids

Author(s) -

Swann David A.,

Bloch Kurt J.,

Swindell David,

Shore Elizabeth

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

arthritis & rheumatism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1529-0131

pISSN - 0004-3591

DOI - 10.1002/art.1780270511

Subject(s) - synovial fluid , hyaluronic acid , osteoarthritis , chemistry , biological fluids , viscosity , joint disease , sialic acid , medicine , materials science , chromatography , pathology , anatomy , biochemistry , composite material , alternative medicine

The lubricating abilities of human synovial fluids were measured using a rotating cartilage‐on‐glass apparatus. A total of 247 human fluids were lubricationtested. Of these, 20 of the 180 knee fluids from patients with degenerative/traumatic joint disease lubricated less well than normal bovine synovial fluid. The remainder of the fluids from the knee and other joints were equivalent to normal bovine synovial fluid in their lubricating properties. The concentrations of hyaluronic acid, protein, and sialic acid and the relative viscosity of 117 human fluid samples were determined, but no relationships between the gross composition and the lubricating abilities were apparent.

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