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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2009 Jun 21;42(12):1793–1803. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.021

Table 1.

Summary of reported growth plate intrinsic mechanical properties in compression and tension. Compression: E3=axial modulus; E1=transverse modulus; k3=axial permeability; k1=transverse permeability; v21=transverse Poisson’s ratio; v31= out-of-plane (i.e. axial/transverse) Poisson’s ratio. Tension: Et: tangent modulus; σu=ultimate stress; εu=ultimate strain. (Data from (Cohen et al., 1992; Cohen et al., 1994; Cohen et al., 1998; Fujii et al., 2000; Williams et al., 2001; Sergerie et al., 2009a; Sergerie et al., 2009b))

graphic file with name nihms120944t1.jpg Compression
E3 E1 K3 K1 v21 v31
(Mpa)
0.3 – 1.1
(MPa)
4.6 – 10.6
(× 10−15 m4 /Ns)
0.9 – 25.0
(× 10−15 m4 /Ns)
1.8 – 5.0
( − )
0.24 – 0.30
( − )
≤ 0.10
Tension
Et σu εu
(MPa)
4 – 49
(MPa)
1.0 – 4.1
0.1 – 1.3