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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2012 Oct 23;31(3):458–464. doi: 10.1002/jor.22249

Table.

Peak contact forces, the point at which peak forces occurred during stance phase and mean contact forces throughout stance phase. Values represent means ± standard deviations. Although the tibiofemoral contact force was the sum of the medial and lateral contact forces, since the medial and lateral contact forces each reached a peak at different times, the sum of their peaks does not equal the peak tibiofemoral contact force.

Limb Peak Force (BW) Peak Force (Newtons) Peak Occurrence (% Stance) Mean Force (BW)
Tibiofemoral Inj. 3.11 ± 0.69 2488 ± 603 23.5 ± 3.1 2.10 ± 0.42
Un. 3.81 ± 0.69 3051 ± 706 22.2 ± 3.5 2.51 ± 0.37

Medial Inj. 2.07 ± 0.40 1648 ± 357 24.7 ± 4.0 1.35 ± 0.32
Un. 2.42 ± 0.55 1929 ± 488 23.3 ± 2.5 1.53 ± 0.30

Lateral Inj. 1.58 ± 0.53 1250 ± 428 11.5 ± 3.6 0.73 ± 0.30
Un. 2.11 ± 0.75 1668 ± 569 11.3 ± 5.1 0.97 ± 0.32