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Method and Instrumented Fixture for Femoral Fracture Testing in a Sideways Fall-on-the-Hip Position
Published on: August 17, 2017
[High-speed motion picture analysis of bone fractures]
Abstract:
Torsional fractures of plastic and cadaver tibiae were investigated using high speed cinematography. The bones were fractured while immersed in water. With greater than 9000 frames/sec the fracture was displayed in about 5 frames showing the progression of the fracture lines. The immersion in water made a strong implosion visible which may result in considerable tissue damage in vivo.

