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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2009 Aug 8;42(15):2495–2500. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.07.017

Table 2.

Elliptical contact patch resultants, contact areas, and average patch pressures. Patch 1 is located on the postero-lateral aspect of the femoral head, and patch 2 is located antero-proximally. Maximum pressure occurred on patch 2 in all cases.

% Stance Patch # Resultant (N) Contact Area (mm2) Average Pres. (MPa) Max Pres. (MPa) Increment avg. Pres.
10 1 203 48 4.27 10.2 4.8
2 672 136 4.92

20 1 203 97 2.10 11.5 3.5
2 766 183 4.19

30 1 159 83 1.91 10.3 3.7
2 1218 287 4.24

40 1 199 111 1.80 9.8 4.0
2 984 182 5.40

50 1 234 116 2.03 10.7 3.9
2 946 191 4.96

60 1 223 84 2.65 10.3 3.1
2 859 260 3.30

70 1 122 32 3.80 8.3 3.5
2 554 162 3.42

80 1 136 58 2.35 7.2 2.9
2 278 84 3.30

90 1 94 128 0.73 8.3 1.0
2 74 36 2.03