Calorimetric properties of degenerative human shoulder joint hyaline cartilage

J. Csotye; Z. Aigner; G. Sohár; Piroska Szabó-Révész; K. Tóth

doi:10.1007/s10973-008-9414-3

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Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volume/Issue:: Volume 95: Issue 3

Calorimetric properties of degenerative human shoulder joint hyaline cartilage

Authors: J. Csotye¹, Z. Aigner², G. Sohár¹, Piroska Szabó-Révész², and K. Tóth¹

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¹ University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics Semmelweis u. 6 6725 Szeged Hungary
² University of Szeged, Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Eötvös u. 6 6720 Szeged Hungary

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-008-9414-3

Page Count:: 805–808

Publication Date:: 01 Mar 2009

Online Publication Date:: 20 Mar 2009

Article Category:: Research Article

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Abstract

The glenohumeral joint is not a classical mass bearing joint, the treatment of primary osteoarthritis is conservative. In all other cases, when the arthritis is associated with unbalance of the soft tissues, the treatment solution of this pathology is arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to examine the altered metabolism in human degenerated cartilage of the shoulder joint. With the rise of temperature an endothermic reaction was observed in all cases. The use differential scanning calorimetry as part of thermal analysis was a reliable method for differentiating normal hyaline cartilage from degenerated samples.