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Endurance testing of the Biomet Matthews Nail and the Dynamic Compression Screw tested with transverse osteotomised composite femurs. |
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| Biomet Matthews Nail with transverse osteotomised femur |
Dynamic Compression Screw with transverse ostetotomised femur |
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| Max. & Min. of Load Cycle (kN) |
Specimen Number |
Cycles Completed |
Specimen Number |
Cycles Completed |
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| 1.50 & 0.15 |
- |
- |
1 |
26,717 |
| 1.50 & 0.15 |
- |
- |
2 |
357,522 |
| 2.0 & 0.2 |
1 |
1,000,000 |
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| 3.0 & 0.3 |
2 |
1,000,000 |
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| 4.0 & 0.4 |
3 |
~14,500* |
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| 4.0 & 0.4 |
4 |
~21,000* |
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* Test aborted due to deterioration of femoral head in loading socket | ||||
O'Connor-Read et al. BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2008 7:3 doi:10.1186/1475-925X-7-3 |
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