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. 2016 Sep 26;11:107. doi: 10.1186/s13018-016-0439-1

Table 2.

Cyclic fatigue data for plate types and groups

Plate type Group Brittle fracture failure Plastic def. failure Avg cycles to failure Avg F fail (N) Avg M fail (N · mm) Avg MCP (N · mm)
BFS Reconstruction 4/5 1/5 497600 ± 30535 358 ± 3.1 4290 ± 37 1.94 × 109 ± 1.31 × 108
2/5 3/5 448800 ± 37803 350 ± 4.0 4200 ± 47 1.74 × 109 ± 1.56 × 108
2/5 3/5 478000 ± 24160 355 ± 3.1 4260 ± 37 1.86 × 109 ± 1.03 × 108
3/5 2/5 429200 ± 85320 348 ± 12.1 4170 ± 145 1.67 × 109 ± 3.42 × 108
MPS Straight 5/5 0/5 538200 ± 55203 260 ± 7.3 3120 ± 87 1.48 × 109 ± 1.73 × 108
5/5 0/5 425400 ± 37214 245 ± 5.2 2942 ± 62 1.11 × 109 ± 1.11 × 108
5/5 0/5 423200 ± 28798 248 ± 4.7 2970 ± 56 1.12 × 109 ± 8.58 × 107
5/5 0/5 364600 ± 5741 238 ± 0 2850 ± 0 9.49 × 108 ± 1.64 × 107
MPS Flex 0/5 5/5 632000 ± 50465 252 ± 9.9 2264 ± 89 1.14 × 109 ± 1.15 × 108
3/5 2/5 812000 ± 25938 282 ± 4.2 2540 ± 37 1.56 × 109 ± 6.55 × 107
1/5 4/5 726600 ± 43271 272 ± 5.4 2448 ± 48 1.36 × 109 ± 1.07 × 108
5/5 0/5 717200 ± 18985 269 ± 7.6 2417 ± 31 1.33 × 109 ± 4.54 × 107

Number of plates that failed due to either brittle fracture or plastic deformation are indicated (total n = 5 per group). Average cycles to failure, failure load level (F fail), failure moment (M fail), and moment-cycle product (MCP) are shown as mean ± standard error