Cancellous bone strength at the proximal human tibia

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Hvid, Ivan¹; Jensen, Jørn¹

Cancellous bone strength at the proximal human tibia

Eng Med. January 1984;13(1):21-25

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¹The Orthopaedic Hospital, Århus, Denmark
Abstract

Machines specimens from ten tadaver proximal tibiae were tested in compression to study the variation of mechanical strength with the distance from the joint surface. There was a statistically significant reduction of stiffness and strengfth with increasing distance from the joint beneath the lateral condyle and the intercondylar area, at the medial condyle no such reduction could be demonstrated. Linear regression analysis showed that the tangent modulus may be used to predict yield strngth (r=0.92) and ultimate strngth (r=0.91) when destruction of the specimen is undesirable.

One important limitation of the technique employed is that the length of test specimens determines the resolution that can be obtained.
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DOI: 10.1243/EMED_JOUR_1984_013_007_02

PubMed: 6538519

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