A Review of Pediatric Lower Extremity Data for Pedestrian Numerical Modeling: Injury Epidemiology, Anatomy, Anthropometry, Structural, and Mechanical Properties

Table 7

Tensile mechanical properties of the pediatric articular cartilage.

Age (years)	Region	Superficial zone		Middle and deep zones		Reference
		Ultimate stress (MPa)	Tensile stiffness at 10 MPa applied stress (MPa)	Ultimate stress (MPa)	Tensile stiffness at 10 MPa applied stress (MPa)
7	Femoral condyle	33	150	32	60–100	[57]
8	Femoral condyle	25	136	27		[56]
9	Femoral condyle	31	98	32		[56]
8	Talar cartilage	24	125	17.5		[57]

: Middle zone mechanical properties.