Table 4. Significant correlations between cartilage thickness and the loading parameters.

Spearman correlation coefficient and p-value are given.

	Medial thickness		Lateral thickness
	Mean	Peak	Mean	Peak
Total knee
First peak contact force
Anterior-posterior	0.48 (0.036)	n.s	0.55 (0.019)	0.55 (0.019)
Compression	0.45 (0.047)	n.s	n.s	n.s
Second peak contact force
Compression	0.62 (0.008)	0.57 (0.014)	0.57 (0.015)	n.s
Resultant	0.62 (0.008)	0.57 (0.014)	0.57 (0.015)	n.s
Average pressure during stance	0.78 (0.001)	0.73 (0.001)	0.55 (0.019)	n.s
Medial Condyle
Second peak contact force
Compression	0.55 (0,018)	0.60 (0.010)	n.a.	n.a.
Resultant	0.54 (0,020)	0.56 (0.017)	n.a.	n.a.
Average pressure during stance	0.58 (0,014)	0.71 (0.002)	n.a.	n.a.
Lateral Condyle
Impulse
Anterior-posterior	n.a.	n.a.	n.s	0.50 (0.030)
Compression	n.a.	n.a.	0.46 (0.043)	0.50 (0.029)
Medial-lateral	n.a.	n.a.	0.53 (0.024)	n.s
Resultant	n.a.	n.a.	0.46 (0.043)	0.50 (0.029)
Average pressure during stance	n.a.	n.a.	0.57 (0.015)	0.71 (0.002)
First peak mean pressure	n.a.	n.a.	n.s	0.49 (0.032)
First peak max pressure	n.a.	n.a.	n.s	0.50 (0.031)

n.s.: not significant, n.a.: not applicable