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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Methods. 2015 Mar 28;84:109–114. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.03.016

Table 2.

Mechanical properties of tissue engineered cartilage (16) and native cartilage

Engineered cartilage Native cartilage Reference
Young modulus (kPa) ~800 –850 ~949 (23)
Minimum friction coefficient ~0.046 –0.049 ~0.0156 (22)
Equilibrium friction coefficient ~0.276 –0.283 ~0.3 (22)