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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2020 May 25;38(7):1607–1616. doi: 10.1002/jor.24720

Table 6.

Estimated number of polyethylene particles released per cycle for the three gait protocols at the 0.5 Mc and 2 Mc time points.

Particle Release Rate (MILLIONS per cycle) Release Rate Relative to ISO
Time Point ISO AP-L AP-H AP-L AP-H
0.5 Mc (Run-in) 2.0 5.5 4.7 2.8 2.4
2 Mc (Steady-state) 2.2 4.0 4.6 1.9 2.1