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. 1975;17(2):165-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF02547289.

The bending stiffness of the human tibia

R J Minns, J Campbell, G R Bremble

The bending stiffness of the human tibia

R J Minns et al. Calcif Tissue Res. 1975.

Abstract

The bending of isolated human cadaveric tibiae in the antero-posterior and medio-lateral planes was studied. It was found that the mean bending stiffness in the antero-posterior plan was 5.989 Nm/mm and in the medio-lateral plane 3.588 Nm/mm.

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