Measurement of bending and torsion with and without an intramedullary nail implanted in sheep tibia in vivo.
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.
Sumner-Smith
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Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Davos, Switzerland.
Cordey
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Perren
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D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001858:Bone Nails; D009068:Movement; D012756:Sheep; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013977:Tibia / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality