Altered Knee Joint Mechanics in Simple Compression Associated with Early Cartilage Degeneration

Figure 5

Fluid pressure (MPa) in a sagittal plane of the medial condyle (cut position shown in Figure 2) for the normal femoral cartilage and three cases of local cartilage degeneration as defined in Figure 2. The articulating surface is at the bottom, and the anterior side is on the right.