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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Knee. 2019 Jun 27;26(4):813–823. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2019.06.002

Figure 1. Overview of the methodology.

Figure 1.

A scaled musculoskeletal model was used to calculate the kinematics during walking. Next, the muscle forces and contact forces were calculated with models in which the alignment of the knee or the position of the tibia plateau was systematically changed from 1° to 15° from its reference position in the coronal and transverse plane in steps of 2°. The position of the tibia plateau was changed to simulate a deviating joint geometry. Grey bone indicates the reference position. Subsequently, the effect on the contact force and pressure distribution was analyzed and compared with the reference loading pattern obtained with the original model (grey bones). Note: when changing geometry alignment of the knee was not changed and the femur bone remained unaffected in all models.