Multi-color and Multi-Material 3D Printing of Knee Joint models

3D Printing in Medicine

Table 7 Elastic modulus and stiffness comparison from different studies

Knee joint soft tissues	Elastic modules reported by different authors (MPa)	\( \overline{E} \) (MPa)	Stiffness reported by different authors (MPa)	\( \overline{K} \) (N/mm)
ACL	110 [35] , 345 [36], 137,6 [33] 345 [34],	168.05	182 [35], 242 [33], 250 [37] 202 [38]	219
PCL	345 [36], 147.2 [39], 118,7 [38], 109 [40]	179.9	258 [39], 208 [38], 204 [40],	223
MCL	332.2 [41], 463.8 [39], 325.4 [42], 276,9 [43]	349.5	134 [39], 94 [42], 80 [43]	103
LCL	345 [36], 289 [44], 719.4 [45], 183.5 [46]	384.2	33.5 [46], 97 [45], 60 [47]	63.5
PT	643.1 [36], 648.5 [34], 587.5 [48], 507.38 [49]	596.62	685 [34], 555.5 [50]	620.25
QT	331.2 [48], 462.8 [51]	397	-	-

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