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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

Table 1.

Altered geometry and malalignment conditions in the coronal plane resulting in significantly altered loading conditions.

Extreme Significant from Reference value Significant from Extreme

Coronal plane - geometry Elevated medial plateau Elevated lateral plateau
Knee adduction moment (Nm/kg) First Peak - - −0.28 ± 0.08 -
Second Peak - - −0.17 ± 0.06 - -
Medial contact force (BW) First Peak 3.76 ± 0.22 2.23 ± 0.2 (7°) 1.83 ± 0.23 - -
Second Peak 3.57 ± 0.39 2.5 ± 0.41 (7°) 1.89 ± 0.32 1.53 ± 0.2 (13°) 1.46 ± 0.18
Lateral contact force (BW) First Peak 0.76 ± 0.31 0.95 ± 0.33 (11°) 1.33 ± 0.31 1.81 ± 0.28 (9°) 2.31 ± 0.32
Second Peak 0.08 ± 0.1 0.7 ± 0.2 (5°) 0.98 ± 0.23 1.4 ± 0.28 (7°) 1.92 ± 0.3
Medial contact pressure (BW*A2) First Peak 0.013 ± 0.002 0.01 ± 0.001 (9°) 0.008 ± 0.001 - -
Second Peak 0.012 ± 0.002 0.01 ± 0.001 (11°) 0.008 ± 0.001 - -
Lateral contact pressure (BW*A2) First Peak - - 0.008 ± 0.002 0.011 ± 0.002 (15°) 0.011 ± 0.002
Second Peak 0.001 ± 0.001 0.004 ± 0.001 (7°) 0.006 ± 0.001 0.007 ± 0.001 (9°) 0.008 ± 0.001
ACL strain (%) Peak strain - - 5.7 ± 1.51 7.82 ± 1.28 (13°) 8.49 ± 1.33
PCL strain (%) Peak strain 0.64 ± 1.24 0.64 ± 1.24 (15°) −2.41 ± 2.49 - -
MCL strain (%) Peak strain 18.55 ± 1.1 5.46 ± 0.69 (3°) 2.43 ± 1.18 −0.19 ± 1.52 (3°) −5.26 ± 2.09
LCL strain (%) Peak strain 3.06 ± 2 1.79 ± 1.16 (3°) 4.92 ± 0.96 7.8 ± 0.79 (3°) 19.72 ± 0.66
Extreme Significant from Reference value Significant from Extreme

Coronal plane - alignment Varus Valgus

Knee adduction moment (Nm/kg) First Peak −1.7 ± 0.22 −0.57 ± 0.11 (3°) −0.28 ± 0.08 −0.01 ± 0.08 (3°) 1.21 ± 0.2
Second Peak −1.5 ± 0.25 −0.27 ± 0.07 (1°) −0.17 ± 0.06 −0.08 ± 0.06 (1°) 0.98 ± 0.17
Medial contact force (BW) First Peak 5.71 ± 0.44 2.44 ± 0.27 (3°) 1.83 ± 0.23 1.25 ± 0.23 (3°) 0 ± 0
Second Peak 8.24 ± 2.11 2.57 ± 0.3 (3°) 1.89 ± 0.32 1.53 ± 0.29 (3°) -
Lateral contact force (BW) First Peak 0 ± 0 0.66 ± 0.27 (3°) 1.33 ± 0.31 2.06 ± 0.37 (3°) 6.1 ± 0.97
Second Peak 0 ± 0 0.48 ± 0.17 (3°) 0.98 ± 0.23 1.62 ± 0.23 (3°) 5.41 ± 0.49
Medial contact pressure (BW*A2) First Peak 0.016 ± 0.002 0.01 ± 0.001 (3°) 0.008 ± 0.001 0.007 ± 0.001 (3°) 0 ± 0
Second Peak 0.023 ± 0.005 0.01 ± 0.001 (3°) 0.008 ± 0.001 0.007 ± 0.001 (3°) -
Lateral contact pressure (BW*A2) First Peak 0 ± 0 0.006 ± 0.002 (3°) 0.008 ± 0.002 0.013 ± 0.003 (5°) 0.022 ± 0.003
Second Peak 0 ± 0 0.004 ± 0.001 (3°) 0.006 ± 0.001 0.008 ± 0.001 (3°) 0.019 ± 0.004
ACL strain (%) Peak strain 18.75 ± 2.17 8.61 ± 1.28 (9°) 5.7 ± 1.51 8.64 ± 1.94 (5°) 22.33 ± 3.73
PCL strain (%) Peak strain 10.97 ± 1.52 −4.19 ± 1.11 (3°) −2.41 ± 2.49 1.7 ± 1.57 (7°) 5.29 ± 0.56
MCL strain (%) Peak strain 22.56 ± 1.99 3.78 ± 1.13 (1°) 2.43 ± 1.18 0.66 ± 1.27 (3°) 12.04 ± 2.06
LCL strain (%) Peak strain 25.87 ± 3.33 8.59 ± 2.21 (5°) 4.92 ± 0.96 9.12 ± 1.45 (3°) 22.04 ± 2.35