PMID: 3745226Jan 1, 1986Paper

Assessment of tibial stiffness by vibration testing in situ--II. Influence of soft tissues, joints and fibula

Journal of Biomechanics
P CornelissenC Dyrbye

Abstract

The influence of soft tissues and joints on the vibration of the human tibia was examined by modal analysis on amputated lower limbs, where the soft tissues and the fibula were dissected gradually. Measurements were made in two different set ups, IFR and BRA, which were both designed to monitor fracture healing. In IFR, vibrations are generated by hammer impact on a relaxed hanging lower leg, with the knee flexed. Resonant frequencies are determined by a computer Fourier transform procedure. In BRA, a steady state vibration is induced in a lower leg, supported near the ankle and the tibial tuberosity, using an electromagnetic shaker. Resonant frequencies are determined from the maxima in vibration amplitudes. In both set ups the soft tissues have a similar influence on the vibration of the tibia: the skin hardly influences the determined modal parameter. The mass of the muscles influences both the resonant frequency and the damping. The fibula has a stiffening effect on the tibia. The influence of the joints is small in the IFR-set up: the tibia vibrates in conditions close to those for the free-free vibration. In the BRA-set up, the supports determine the boundary conditions.

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