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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 Jan 7;40(7):1545–1553. doi: 10.1007/s10439-011-0500-5

TABLE 1.

Intact knee forces and moments produced by the human and ovine motions.

Human motion
Ovine motion
Avg. ± SEM Direction Peak Avg. ± SEM Direction Peak
Stance phase
 Forces (N) 12.6 ± 31.2 Posterior 135 49.0 ± 10.3 Posterior 74.8
33.6 ± 23.5 Medial 47.8 34.6 ± 15.3 Medial 38.1
609 ± 45.8 Compression 1.23 × 103 202 ± 91.7 Compression 238
 Moments (N–m) 10.7 ± 6.95 Adduction 18.1 9.29 ± 3.26 Adduction 10.2
2.22 ± 2.26 Extension 12.4 3.59 ± 0.866 Extension 4.35
2.09 ± 1.89 Internal 5.24 1.56 ± 0.654 Internal 2.34
Swing phase
 Forces (N) 23.2 ± 29.7 Posterior 135 0.711 ± 8.03 Posterior 71.3
27.8 ± 30.6 Medial 42.6 13.4 ± 8.66 Medial 34.6
522 ± 115 Compression 1.23 × 103 98.1 ± 60.2 Compression 215
Moments (N–m) 6.72 ± 5.06 Adduction 17.6 2.85 ± 2.20 Adduction 9.94
6.52 ± 2.90 Extension 21.4 1.45 ± 1.24 Extension 4.35
0.584 ± 0.852 Internal 2.33 0.0392 ± 0.297 Internal 2.29