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ZAMBRANO, Lilibeth A  y  MULLER-KARGER, Carmen. Study of the effect of fixation plates in proximal tibia fractures using the finite element method. IMME [online]. 2008, vol.46, n.3, pp.43-60. ISSN 0376-723X.

The influence of the fixation plates on the ostheosynthesis process of the 41-C1 tibia fracture is analysed in this research, by studying the fracture fragments displacements when a compressive load is applied. A cadaveric tibia and a synthetic tibia were experimentally and numerically compared. Then, two different FEM of fractured tibia were developed: with and without fixation plates, and compression loads were applied to both. Kinematical restrictions were employed to simulate fixation plates. The model with fixation plates behaved like a rigid deformable body, while the model without plates collapses.

Palabras clave : finite element; fixation plates; proximal tibia fracture.

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