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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2016 May 10;104(9):2255–2262. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35759

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Experimental set-ups used for implant pullout and torsion tests. (a) During pullout testing, the implanted titanium rods were placed through a hole in a loading plate while the femoral condyles were set against the underside of the plate. Alignment of the rod was achieved by adjusting a tilting vise and xy stage. The rod was clamped in a drill chuck placed in-line with a universal joint. (b) During torsion testing, the proximal and distal potting blocks were secured to the test machine with the diaphyseal axis aligned with the rotation axis of the materials test machine.