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Mean differences in posterior cortical strains (with 95% confidence intervals and p-values) measured at varying distances from the tibial plateau resection with a stair climbing load distributed 70% medially.
| Bone region | Distance from tibial resection (mm) | Mean difference in compressive strain (µε) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact – | Intact – | Extracortical – | ||
| Intramedullary | Extracortical | Intramedullary | ||
| All | 20–200 | 625 (CI: 449–801, p < 0.001) | 223 (CI: 48–399, p = 0.008) | 402 (CI: 225–578, p < 0.001) |
