Table 5.
Loss (E” ) modulus at 1 Hz and cartilage thickness
| n |
Thickness (mm) |
E” (N/mm2) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | SD | mean | SD | ||
| Femoral condyles |
24 |
0.89A |
0.26 |
4.3A |
1.0 |
| Patellar groove |
17 |
1.32B |
0.26 |
4.0A,B |
1.1 |
| Tibial plateau meniscus covered |
31 |
1.10A,B |
0.38 |
3.8A,B |
1.1 |
| Tibial plateau not meniscus covered | 27 | 2.19C | 0.67 | 3.3B | 1.2 |
The lettersA, B, C are used to indicate significant differences between the different regions; where a region does not share a letter they are significantly different (p < 0.05).
n:number of samples tested from each region.