Method and Instrumented Fixture for Femoral Fracture Testing in a Sideways Fall-on-the-Hip Position

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August 17th, 2017

DOI :

10.3791/54928-v

August 17th, 2017

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Dan Dragomir-Daescu¹^,², Asghar Rezaei¹^,², Timothy Rossman², Susheil Uthamaraj², Rachel Entwistle², Sean McEligot², Vincent Lambert², Hugo Giambini³, Iwona Jasiuk⁴, Michael J. Yaszemski³, Lichun Lu¹^,³

¹Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, ²Division of Engineering, Mayo Clinic, ³Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, ⁴Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Summary

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Keywords Femoral Fracture Testing

Sideways Fall on the hip

Osteoporosis Research

Femoral Strength

Testing Apparatus

Aluminum Block

Main Fixture Structure

Six Channel Load Cell

Crosshead Fixture

Base Plate

Slide Bearings

Six Channel Load Cell

High Speed Camera

Data Acquisition Unit

Linear Potentiometer

Calibration

Chapters in this video

0:05

Title

0:43

Large and Crosshead Fixture Attachments

2:09

Imaging Equipment Setup, Load Cell Calibration, and Linear Potentiometer Calibration

3:49

Bone Preparation for Testing, Testing to Fracture, and Post-fracture Preparation

5:47

Results: Representative Post-fracture Analysis

6:14

Conclusion

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