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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2008 Jun;26(6):872–879. doi: 10.1002/jor.20575

Table 1.

Fraction of Total Displacement Attributed to Various Components of the Cement/Bone Composite Structure

Component Tension Compression
Contact interface/interdigitated region 0.83 (0.19) 0.64 (0.28)
Cement 0.07 (0.08) 0.21 (0.20)
Bone 0.11 (0.16) 0.15 (0.17)

Measurements taken at maximum tension/compression stress levels during cyclic loading. Mean values for 21 specimens (standard deviation in parentheses).