title: Strain gauges used in the mechanical testing of bones. Part II: "In vitro" and "in vivo" technique.
abstract: How to choose and prepare the strain gauges for bonding on bones "in vitro" and "in vivo"? This communication aims to elucidate technical details and some applications: direct assessment of the axial load, the bending moment, and the torque applied to long bones by the physiological loads. As a typical example of application, we will show the assessment of stress protection due to plates on the bones in the sheep tibia.
authors.affiliation: AO ASIF Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cordey
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gautier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001860:Bone Plates; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D012756:Sheep; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013314:Stress, Mechanical