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A human synovial joint has two essential characteristics: its stability and its mobility which are both provided by a complicated system of structures. If damaged, most of the tissues making up a joint have the possibility to repair themselves. In more differentiated cells this function is less pronounced. Of all the structures making up a joint, cartilage is the most vulnerable tissue and the least able to repair itself. Practically all serious acute or chronic joint damage ends with damage of the cartilage. Although cartilage is able to grow and resist wear very well under normal circumstances, it looses its function as soon as excessive damage or wear occurs.
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Mulier, J.C. (1985). Clinical Aspects of Human Articulating Joints. In: Berme, N., Engin, A.E., Correia da Silva, K.M. (eds) Biomechanics of Normal and Pathological Human Articulating Joints. NATO ASI Series, vol 93. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5117-4_1
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