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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2014 May 21;22(7):912–917. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.05.013

Table 3.

Mean (SD) bone-on-bone knee forces, and peak knee external moments during walking. Mean body weight = 912 N (93 kg). PF = patellofemoral.

Forces and Moments Mean (SD) Minimum Maximum
Knee Compressive force (N) 2645 (873) 1241 6337
Knee Shear force (N) 408 (156) 88 894
PF Compressive Force (N) 430 (345) 1.3 2300
Knee Adduction Moment (Nm) 30 (13) 2.2 69
Knee Flexion Moment (Nm) 36 (22) −12 122