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. 2014 May 1;17(13):1502–1517. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2014.899588

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This is an open access article distributed under the Supplemental Terms and Conditions for iOpenAccess articles published in Taylor & Francis journals, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The research published in this paper won the Materialise Mimics Innovation Award in Category 3: Orthopaedic Applications. This prize for innovative research was awarded to Dr Rajshree Mootanah of Anglia Ruskin University, UK, and Dr Howard Hillstrom of the Hospital for Special Surgery, USA, who were among 85 international applicants considered for the award. See http://biomedical.materialise.com/MIA

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Figure 6. — (a) Boundary and loading conditions on the FE knee joint model: tied contact pair between (1) cartilage–bone, (2) ligament–bone and (3) tibia–fibula; contact pairs between (4) cartilage–meniscus and (5) cartilage–cartilage. The proximal femur was fixed in 6 degrees of freedom. A 374-N axial load was applied along the tibia, and varus/valgus bending moments, ranging from 0 to 15 Nm, were applied about the knee joint centre. (b) Anterior and (c) posterior views and of the knee joint FE model, displaying the hexagonal and tetrahedral mesh elements for the soft tissues and bones, respectively.