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Methodology for Measuring Tibial and Fibular Loads in a Cadaver
Technical Paper
2002-01-0682
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Crash test dummies rely on biomechanical data from cadaver studies to biofidelically reproduce loading and predict injury. Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain equivalent measurements of leg loading in a dummy and a cadaver, particularly for bending moments. A methodology is presented here to implant load cells in the tibia and fibula while minimally altering the functional anatomy of the two bones. The location and orientation of the load cells can be measured in all six degrees of freedom from post-test radiographs. Equations are given to transform tibial and fibular load cell measurements from a cadaver or dummy to a common leg coordinate frame so that test data can be meaningfully compared.
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Funk, J., Rudd, R., Srinivasan, S., King, R. et al., "Methodology for Measuring Tibial and Fibular Loads in a Cadaver," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0682, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0682.Also In
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