Van C. Mow

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
• 2008 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
• 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For major contributions toward orthopedic engineering, particularly understanding the physical behavior of cartilage and the arthritic process.
• 1980 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Best Publications

• Biphasic Creep and Stress-Relaxation of Articular-Cartilage in Compression - Theory and Experiments

  V. C. Mow;S. C. Kuei;W. M. Lai;C. G. Armstrong

  3267
  Citations

• A triphasic theory for the swelling and deformation behaviors of articular cartilage.

  W. M. Lai;J. S. Hou;V. C. Mow

  1521
  Citations

• Fluid transport and mechanical properties of articular cartilage: A review

  V C Mow;M H Holmes;W M Lai

  1396
  Citations

• Cartilage and diarthrodial joints as paradigms for hierarchical materials and structures

  V C Mow;A Ratcliffe;A R Poole

  1334
  Citations

• Variations in the intrinsic mechanical properties of human articular cartilage with age, degeneration, and water content.

  Cecil Armstrong;V.C. Mow

  1037
  Citations

• Material properties and structure-function relationships in the menisci.

  Donald C. Fithian;Michael A. Kelly;Van C. Mow

  1011
  Citations

• Interspecies comparisons of in situ intrinsic mechanical properties of distal femoral cartilage

  K. A. Athanasiou;M. P. Rosenwasser;J. A. Buckwalter;T. I. Malinin

  965
  Citations

• Basic orthopaedic biomechanics and mechano-biology

  Van C. Mow;H.W.J. Huiskes

  857
  Citations

• Structure and function of articular cartilage and meniscus

  Van C. Mow;Wei Yong Gu;Fave Hui Chen

  837
  Citations

• An analysis of the unconfined compression of articular-cartilage

  Cecil Armstrong;W.M. Lai;V.C. Mow

  795
  Citations

• Biphasic indentation of articular cartilage--II. A numerical algorithm and an experimental study.

  V.C. Mow;M.C. Gibbs;W.M. Lai;W.B. Zhu

  693
  Citations

• Basic orthopaedic biomechanics

  Van C. Mow;Wilson C. Hayes

  667
  Citations

• Biphasic indentation of articular cartilage--I. Theoretical analysis.

  A.F. Mak;W.M. Lai;V.C. Mow

  660
  Citations

• The mechanical environment of the chondrocyte: a biphasic finite element model of cell–matrix interactions in articular cartilage

  Farshid Guilak;Van C. Mow

  649
  Citations

• Chondrocyte deformation and local tissue strain in articular cartilage: a confocal microscopy study.

  Farshid Guilak;Anthony Ratcliffe;Van C. Mow

  645
  Citations

• The Relationship of Acromial Architecture to Rotator Cuff Disease

  Bigliani Lu;Ticker Jb;Flatow El;Soslowsky Lj

  636
  Citations

• Mechano-electrochemical properties of articular cartilage: their inhomogeneities and anisotropies.

  Van C Mow;X Edward Guo

  603
  Citations

• The nonlinear characteristics of soft gels and hydrated connective tissues in ultrafiltration

  M.H. Holmes;V.C. Mow

  582
  Citations

• Altered mechanics of cartilage with osteoarthritis: human osteoarthritis and an experimental model of joint degeneration.

  Lori A. Setton;Dawn M. Elliott;Van C. Mow

  517
  Citations

• Material properties of the normal medial bovine meniscus

  C. S. Proctor;M. B. Schmidt;R. R. Whipple;M. A. Kelly

  515
  Citations