Evaluation of Tibiofemoral Contact Mechanics After a Novel Hybrid Procedure for Femoral Osteochondral Defect Repairs With a Subchondral Implant and Dermal Matrix.

9 In another study performed on cadavers measuring contact forces on large femoral osteochondral allografts, with the knee at full extension position, their data showed a trend for lateral condylar defect plugs having higher contact force for each given extension moment applied to the knee when compared with medial condylar defect plugs. 8 A difference in load distribution among the femoral condyles depending on knee flexion angle was also evident in our data with the contact characteristics observed in both the intact and the defect conditions ( Figures 4 and 5 ).

also in 53,322 other papers