Study of the Mechanical Environment of Chondrocytes in Articular Cartilage Defects Repaired Area under Cyclic Compressive Loading

Figure 6

Change in stress in chondrocytes and PCM at different loading frequencies (a)–(d) elastic modulus of artificial cartilage repair: 0.1 MPa, 0.3 MPa, 0.6 MPa, and 0.9 MPa, respectively, at a 0.01 Hz loading frequency; (e)–(h) elastic modulus of artificial cartilage repair: 0.1 MPa, 0.3 MPa, 0.6 MPa, and 0.9 MPa, respectively, at a 0.05 Hz loading frequency.

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