Animal models are commonly used to test the efficacy of impact loading regimens on bone strength. We designed an inexpensive force platform to concurrently measure the separate peak vertical impact forces produced by the fore and hindfeet of immature F-344 rats when dropped onto the platform. The force platform consisted of three load cells placed in a triangular pattern under a flat plate. Rats were dropped from heights of 30, 45 and 60 cm onto the platform so that they landed on all four feet concurrently. The peak vertical impact forces produced by the feet of the rats were measured using a sampling frequency of 100 kHz. The location of each foot at landing relative to the load cells, and the force received by each load cell were combined in a series of static equations to solve for the vertical impact forces produced by the fore and hindfeet. The forces produced by feet when rats stood on the single platform were similarly determined. The forces exerted separately by the fore and hindfeet of young rats when landing on the plate as a ratio to standing forces were then calculated. Rats when standing bore more weight on their hindfeet but landed with more weight on their forefeet, which provides rationale for the greater response to landing forces of bones in the forelimbs than those in the hindlimbs. This system provided a useful method to simultaneously measure peak vertical impact forces in fore and hindfeet in rats.
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