Research Article

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

Figure 4

Variation of fluid pressure along the depth of the femoral cartilage, shown for a location in the central contact region of the medial condyle where cartilage degeneration occurred. The depth was normalized by the tissue thickness (0 = articulating surface; 1 = cartilage-bone interface). The pressure was calculated at the centroid of each element.
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