Evaluation of Healing Using Pseudo-Bone Fracture by Impact Testing

It is important to collect basic data for which evaluates bone fracture healing on the living body. Evaluation of healing using pseudo-bone fracture model was examined by impact testing. The specimen was excited by an impulse hammer. Both the excitation signal of the impulse hammer and the response...

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Published inNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshū. A Vol. 74; no. 744; pp. 1174 - 1180
Main Authors MURATA, Kenji, MINAKUCHI, Yoshihisa, NAKAMURA, Masanobu, YAMADA, Hiroyuki, OSHIBA, Katsuhiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2008
Subjects
Biomechanics
Bone Fracture Healing
Diagnostic Technique
Experimental Mechanics
Femur
Impact Testing
Modal Analysis
Natural Frequency
Transfer Function
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Summary:It is important to collect basic data for which evaluates bone fracture healing on the living body. Evaluation of healing using pseudo-bone fracture model was examined by impact testing. The specimen was excited by an impulse hammer. Both the excitation signal of the impulse hammer and the response signal of the accelerometer were transmitted to FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) analyzer. The natural frequency was obtained by transfer function of the ratio of excitation and response signal. In this study, a pig's femur was substituted for a human bone and the natural frequency was measured. Furthermore, the states of bone fracture or bone fracture healing were imitated by using a pig's femur which cut deeply from the end or cut deeply from the outside diameter. This study examined how the specimen's natural frequency varied depending on the defects of pig femur. As a result, it was clarified the possibility that could evaluate bone fracture healing by measuring the natural frequency of bone.
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ISSN:0387-5008
1884-8338
DOI:10.1299/kikaia.74.1174