A comparative biomechanical study of the Distal Tibia Nail against compression plating for the osteosynthesis of supramalleolar corrective osteotomies.

The Distal Tibia Nail (DTN; Mizuho, Japan) has demonstrated higher biomechanical stiffness to locking plates in previous research for A3 distal tibia fractures. It is here investigated as a fixation option for supramalleolar corrective osteotomies (SMOT). Sixteen Sawbones tibiae were implanted with either a DTN (n = 8) or Medial Distal Tibia Plate (MDTP; n = 8) and a SMOT simulated.

Corrigendum: Strain Assessment of Deep Fascia of the Thigh During Leg Movement: An Study.

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Strain Assessment of Deep Fascia of the Thigh During Leg Movement: An Study.

Fascia is a fibrous connective tissue present all over the body. At the lower limb level, the deep fascia that is overlying muscles of the outer thigh and sheathing them (fascia lata) is involved in various pathologies. However, the understanding and quantification of the mechanisms involved in these sheathing effects are still unclear.

Geometry of an inflated membrane in elliptic bulge tests: Evaluation of an ellipsoidal shape approximation by stereoscopic digital image correlation measurements.

Elliptic bulge tests are conducted on liver capsule, a fibrous connective membrane, associated with a field measurement method to assess the global geometry of the samples during the tests. The experimental set up is derived from a previous experimental campaign of bulge tests under microscope. Here, a stereoscopic Digital Image Correlation (DIC) system is used to measure global parameters on the test and investigate some assumptions made on the testing conditions which could not been assessed with microscopic measurements.

Affine kinematics in planar fibrous connective tissues: an experimental investigation.

The affine transformation hypothesis is usually adopted in order to link the tissue scale with the fibers scale in structural constitutive models of fibrous tissues. Thanks to the recent advances in imaging techniques, such as multiphoton microscopy, the microstructural behavior and kinematics of fibrous tissues can now be monitored at different stretching within the same sample. Therefore, the validity of the affine hypothesis can be investigated.