Table 3.
Displacements for plate versus pin constructs at various loads after all 3000 cycles have elapsed for the load.
| Clavicle Pair |
Displacement at 180N for plate |
Displacement at 180N for pin |
Displacement at 360N for plate |
Displacement forat 360N pin |
Displacement at 540N for plate |
Displacement at 540N for pin |
Displacement at 720N for plate |
Displacement at 720N for pin |
| 1 | 1.18 | 1.57 | 1.89 | 2.35 | 3.00 | 5.30 | 5.58 | 6.98 |
| 2 | 1.58 | 2.14 | 3.73 | -- | 6.32 | -- | 8.73 | -- |
| 3 | 1.06 | 2.15 | 1.84 | 3.53 | 3.25 | 4.94 | -- | -- |
| 4 | 1.70 | 2.80 | 2.18 | 8.97 | 3.80 | -- | -- | -- |
| 5 | 0.93 | 1.38 | 1.95 | 3.54 | 3.66 | 5.23 | 5.76 | 7.86 |
| 6 | 0.84 | 2.38 | 1.73 | 4.75 | 3.34 | 6.90 | 10.7 | 12.7 |
| 7 | 1.20 | 1.65 | 2.52 | -- | 9.40 | -- | -- | -- |
| 8 | 1.72 | 2.50 | 2.88 | 5.14 | 3.60 | 6.48 | 4.35 | 8.04 |
Values are in millimeters. Differences are significant at 180N (p = 0.001), 360N (p = 0.033), 540N (p = 0.003) and 720N (p = 0.018) by paired t-tests. At loads of higher than 720N, over half of constructs had failed.