Collagen is a structural protein that is widely present in vertebrates, being usually distributed in tissues in the form of fibers. In living organisms, fibers are organized in different orientations in various tissues. As the structural base in connective tissue and load-bearing tissue, the orientation of collagen fibers plays an extremely important role in the mechanical properties and physiological and biochemical functions. The study on mechanics role in formation of oriented collagen fibers enables us to understand how discrete cells use limited molecular materials to create tissues with different structures, thereby promoting our understanding of the mechanism of tissue formation from scratch, from invisible to tangible. However, the current understanding of the mechanism of fiber orientation is still insufficient. In addition, existing fabrication methods of oriented fibers are varied and involve interdisciplinary study, and the achievements of each experiment are favorable to the construction and improvement of the fiber orientation theory. To this end, this review focuses on the preparation methods of oriented fibers and proposes a model explaining the formation process of oriented fibers in tendons based on the existing fiber theory.

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Objectives To investigate the mechanical responses of microdefect articular cartilage under rolling load and find out the failure rule. Methods Rolling load was applied to the porcine articular cartilage samples with rectangular notches of different depths. The displacement and strain near the notches were obtained by the noncontact digital image correlation technique. Results The strain value and peak frequency around the notch increased; the maximum equivalent strain value could be observed at both bottom corners of the notch; the equivalent strain value first increased and then decreased at the points in the superficial and middle layers with the increase of rolling velocity; the points in the deep layer were less affected by rolling velocity; the equivalent strain value of the points in the superficial layer declined after rising with the increase of defect depth, while a decreased trend could be found for the points in the middle and deep layers. Conclusions The shear strain, which rose with the increase in defect depth, was the main factor in cartilage destruction. The cartilage tended to be destructed firstly at the bottom corner of the defect. Rolling velocity showed significant effects on superficial and middle layers. Cartilage had the ability to resist destruction.

In recent decades, although the research on gait recognition of lower limb exoskeleton robot has been widely developed, there are still limitations in rehabilitation training and clinical practice. The emergence of interactive information fusion technology provides a new research idea for the solution of this problem, and it is also the development trend in the future. In order to better explore the issue, this paper summarizes gait recognition based on interactive information fusion of lower limb exoskeleton robots. This review introduces the current research status, methods, and directions for information acquisition, interaction, fusion, and gait recognition of exoskeleton robots. The content involves the research progress of information acquisition methods, sensor placements, target groups, lower limb sports biomechanics, interactive information fusion, and gait recognition model. Finally, the current challenges, possible solutions, and promising prospects are analysed and discussed, which provides a useful reference resource for the study of interactive information fusion and gait recognition of rehabilitation exoskeleton robots.