Table 4 Comparison of medial and lateral meniscus displacement between the current study and previously reported experimental and computational findings from the literature.

From: Freeze drying and Lugol staining of human menisci reveal circumferential fibre volumes to guide meniscus implant design and virtual simulation

Experimental (E)/Computational study (C)

Flexion angle [°]

Axial/ant-post compressive load [N]

Meniscus displacement [mm]

Medial meniscus

Lateral meniscus

Li et al.98 (C)

0

1150/-

1.80

2.64

Achtnich et al.52 (E)

0

-

1.1

-

Falkowski et al.53 (E)

0

-

1.6

-

Vaziri et al.54 (E)

0

-

1.74

1.26

Current study

0

1150/134

1.08

1.46

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