Biophysics of Bone and Cartilage (BBC)

The BBC group in University of Eastern Finland is globally one of the leading research groups in cartilage and bone biophysics and -engineering. The group has extensively contributed to basic, applied and clinical research of the musculoskeletal disorders during the past 20 years.

Published items in each year	Citations in each year

Total times cited:	14660
Citing articles:	7906
Average citations per item:	23.23	Source: Web of Science
h-index:	62	Updated: Jan 9th 2019

Most recent BBC publications:

1. Eskelinen ASA, Mononen ME, Venalainen MS, Korhonen RK and Tanska P. Maximum shear strain-based algorithm can predict proteoglycan loss in damaged articular cartilage. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2019 Jan 10. pii: 10.1007/s10237-018-01113-1. doi: 10.1007/s10237-018-01113-1.
   
   
2. Grassi L, Vaananen SP, Ristinmaa M, Jurvelin JS and Isaksson H. Corrigendum to "How accurately can subject-specific finite element models predict strains and strength of human femora? Investigation using full-field measurements" [J. Biomech. 49 (2016) 802-806]. J Biomech. 2019 Jan 4. pii: S0021-9290(18)30931-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.12.032.
   
   
3. Leppanen T, Kulkas A, Mervaala E and Toyras J. Increase in Body Mass Index Decreases Duration of Apneas and Hypopneas in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Respir Care. 2019 Jan;64(1):77-84. doi: 10.4187/respcare.06297.
   
   
4. Mononen ME, Liukkonen MK and Korhonen RK. Utilizing Atlas-Based Modeling to Predict Knee Joint Cartilage Degeneration: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 Dec 13. pii: 10.1007/s10439-018-02184-y. doi: 10.1007/s10439-018-02184-y.
   
   
5. Ronkainen AP, Tanska P, Fick JM, Herzog W and Korhonen RK. Interrelationship of cartilage composition and chondrocyte mechanics after a partial meniscectomy in the rabbit knee joint - Experimental and numerical analysis. J Biomech. 2019 Jan 23;83:65-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.11.024. Epub 2018 Nov 19.