A Microstructural Study of Load Distribution in Cartilage: A Comparison of Stress Relaxation versus Creep Loading

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Creep</td><td align="center">Stress (MPa)</td><td align="center">Initial strain</td><td align="center">Equilibrium strain</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Group Cr1</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0.14 ± 0.03</td><td align="center">0.39 ± 0.14</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Group Cr7</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">0.37 ± 0.04</td><td align="center">0.56 ± 0.08</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Average values obtained from creep tests.

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Table 2: A Microstructural Study of Load Distribution in Cartilage: A Comparison of Stress Relaxation versus Creep Loading 