Figure 5.
Sample scatter plots illustrating the sensitivity of tibiofemoral kinematics and tibial contact metrics to variations in ACL stiffness and reference strain. ACL properties exhibited significant influence on anterior tibial translation at heel strike. Medial tibial plateau contact pressures increased and migrated posteriorly in response to either a reduction in ACL stiffness or reference strain. ACL reference strain had a small, but significant, influence on tibial rotation at heel strike, with greater slack length (smaller reference strain) associated with internal tibial rotation.