Fig. 6From: Evolution of knowledge on meniscal biomechanics: a 40 year perspectiveThe distribution of shear stresses in the articular cartilage. A Influence of the Young’s modulus of the artificial meniscus, dented by EAM, on the maximum shear stresses at the interfaces of cartilage–cartilage, cartilage–bone, and cartilage–meniscus. A range for the stiffness of physiological meniscus in the circumferential direction of the knee is also shown. B Shear stress distribution in the auricular cartilages with artificial meniscus with EAM = 110 MPa. The Poisson ratio of the artificial meniscus is equal to 0.45 in this set of calculations. From “Influence of meniscectomy and meniscus replacement on the stress distribution in human knee joint.”, by Vaziri A et al., 2008, Ann Biomed Eng. 2008;36(8):1335–44 [45]. With permission of SpringerBack to article page