The amount of weight-bearing at the patellofemoral joint varies with different activities.
Activity
Weight Bearing (as Multiples of Body Weight)
walking
0.5
using stairs
3.3
squatting
6.0
Degree of Flexion
5 degrees
0.3
30 degrees
2.0
45 degrees
3.0
75 degrees
If this data is analyzed in Minitab:
weight bearing as multiple of body weight =
= (0.000390 * ((angle of flexion)^2)) + (0.04963 * (angle of flexion)) + 0.0649
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Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic
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