Table 4.
Comparison of the peak tibial cartilage contact pressure in the current study and the experimentally measured values available in the literature.
| Experimental/computational study | Flexion angle (°) | Axial compressive load (N) | Peak tibial cartilage contact pressure (MPa) | % increase in peak cartilage contact pressure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact Knee | Medial Meniscectomy | |||||
| Experimental | Verma et al.46 | 0 | 1000 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 47 |
| Fukubayashi et al.47 | 0 | 1000 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 50 | |
| Allaire et al.48 | 0 | 1000 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 22 | |
| Lee et al.49 | 0 | 1800 | 4.5 | 12.4 | 64 | |
| Paletta et al.50 | 0 | 1800 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 71 | |
| Current study (computational) | 0 | 1150 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 25 | |