The evaluation of the role of medial collateral ligament maintaining knee stability by a finite element analysis

Table 6 Response parameters of the knee joint under 10 N m of internal rotation moment

	Tibial internal rotation angle (°)	Peak stress (MPa)
	Tibial internal rotation angle (°)	ACL	PCL	SMCL	DMCL
Case 1	6.64	9.06	7.26	14.75	4.71
Case 2	7.48	10.35	8.22	–	4.77
Case 3	6.72	11.45	9.60	17.23	–
Case 4	7.57	12.16	10.36	–	–

ACL anterior cruciate ligament, DMCL deep medial collateral ligament, PCL posterior cruciate ligament, SMCL superficial medial collateral ligament

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