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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2013 Nov 16;47(9):2006–2012. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.11.003

Figure 5. Cartilage-to-meniscal ratios for contact area and stress.

Figure 5

For walking, the cartilage-cartilage contact area (red) were outlined, using A) 14% and B) 45% of the gait cycle as reference, such that the cartilage-cartilage contact fell within the region of interest throughout the gait cycle, the remainder of the plateau was taken as the meniscal-cartilage contact region (green). The ratios between the cartilage and meniscal C) contact area and D) load sharing were then calculated using these regions. The same cartilage-cartilage and meniscal-cartilage regions were used for stair climbing [shown here for E) 19% and F) 48% of the stair climb cycle] and the ratios between the cartilage and meniscal G) contact area and H) load sharing were measured. * denotes p < 0.05.