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A novel device for resistance-free biomechanical testing of the metaphysis of long bones.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
July 2014
Department for Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery - Burn Care Center - BG-Trauma Clinic Ludwigshafen, Department for Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, Ludwig-Guttmann-Str, 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Background: Biomechanical testing is an essential component of bone research. In order to test the metaphyseal region of long bones, a typical location for the nowadays increasing field of osteoporotic bone changes, three-point bending and breaking test devices are suitable and widely used. The aim of our study was to increase the effectiveness of this method by using a newly developed ball-mounted platform design.
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