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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2007 Jun 29;40(15):3438–3447. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.05.023

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Load profile application. Tekscan contact pressures are registered up to the articular surface of the FE model. The contact pressures are then applied as normal distributed pressures as shown by the shaded profile. The contact pressure profile shown here is for one instant in time; it varies both in magnitude and distribution throughout the analysis.