The bending stiffness of the human tibia.
The bending of isolated human cadaveric tibiae in the antero-posterior and medio-lateral planes was studied. It was found that the mean bending stiffness in the antero-posterior plan was 5.989 Nm/mm and in the medio-lateral plane 3.588 Nm/mm.
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003187:Compliance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013977:Tibia / Q000502:physiology*