Table 4 Stress on knee components of small longitudinal tears compared to large tears (%)
Injured meniscus | Injured horn | Shear stress | Compressive stress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Menisci | Tibial cartilage | Tibial plateau | Menisci | Tibial cartilage | Tibial plateau | ||
Medial | Front | 188.70 | 78.41 | 98.12 | 258.89 | 90.24 | 91.27 |
Post | 176.48 | 71.14 | 78.55 | 351.90 | 73.29 | 79.67 | |
Lateral | Front | 178.34 | 75.28 | 93.92 | 122.08 | 89.82 | 85.04 |
Post | 153.81 | 81.11 | 82.79 | 165.02 | 87.92 | 91.35 | |