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The area (mean ± 95% confidence interval) of the region for each individual loading pattern for all three conditions. The area of pattern-1 was significantly reduced (‡p < 0.05) at meniscectomy condition, while no significant change was observed in the area of pattern-2. After meniscal transplantation, the area of pattern-1 was significantly increased (*p < 0.05), but still slightly smaller than the intact condition. The number of knees (N) with each pattern was shown in Fig. 4.
