title: Measurement of bending and torsion with and without an intramedullary nail implanted in sheep tibia in vivo.
abstract: This report concerns the analysis of the dynamic measurements of torque and bending on nailed tibiae, using two sheep walking at different speeds on a treadmill, both before and after nailing. The amplitude and the period of the measured values are reported and discussed in relationship to the speed and duration of the experiment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Davos, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sumner-Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cordey
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Perren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001858:Bone Nails; D009068:Movement; D012756:Sheep; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013977:Tibia / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality