Table 3 |
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Displacements for plate versus pin constructs at various loads after all 3000 cycles have elapsed for the load. |
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| Clavicle Pair |
Displacement at 180N for plate |
Displacement at 180N for pin |
Displacement at 360N for plate |
Displacement forat 360N pin |
Displacement at 540N for plate |
Displacement at 540N for pin |
Displacement at 720N for plate |
Displacement at 720N for pin |
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| 1 |
1.18 |
1.57 |
1.89 |
2.35 |
3.00 |
5.30 |
5.58 |
6.98 |
| 2 |
1.58 |
2.14 |
3.73 |
-- |
6.32 |
-- |
8.73 |
-- |
| 3 |
1.06 |
2.15 |
1.84 |
3.53 |
3.25 |
4.94 |
-- |
-- |
| 4 |
1.70 |
2.80 |
2.18 |
8.97 |
3.80 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 5 |
0.93 |
1.38 |
1.95 |
3.54 |
3.66 |
5.23 |
5.76 |
7.86 |
| 6 |
0.84 |
2.38 |
1.73 |
4.75 |
3.34 |
6.90 |
10.7 |
12.7 |
| 7 |
1.20 |
1.65 |
2.52 |
-- |
9.40 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 8 |
1.72 |
2.50 |
2.88 |
5.14 |
3.60 |
6.48 |
4.35 |
8.04 |
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Values are in millimeters. Differences are significant at 180N (p = 0.001), 360N (p = 0.033), 540N (p = 0.003) and 720N (p = 0.018) by paired t-tests. At loads of higher than 720N, over half of constructs had failed. | ||||||||
Golish et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008 3:28 doi:10.1186/1749-799X-3-28 |
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