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Table 1 Material properties of fibrillar and non-fibrillar matrices in all soft tissues

From: Alteration in ACL loading after total and partial medial meniscectomy

 

Fibrillar matrix Eqs. (1,2)

Non-fibrillar matrix Eq. (4)

Primary fibrillar

direction (x)

(MPa)

Perpendicular

directions (y,z)

[MPa]

C10

(MPa)

D1

(MPa-1)

A

B

A

B

Femoral Cartilage

2

1000

0.9

480

0.096

0.310

Tibial Cartilage

2

1000

2

1000

0.096

0.310

Menisci

12

1500

2

750

0.183

0.595

Ligaments

46

1118

0

0

0.769

1.660

Weight constants (gm), characteristic times (λm)

Eq. (3)

g1=0.870; λ1=10

g2=0.036; λ2=100

g3=0.273; λ3=1000

Permeability [mm4/Ns]

Eq. (5)

kx= 0.002, ky=kz=0.001