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Table 4 Static tests summary: Displacements, valgus-malrotation of the tibial head and their corresponding crack and ultimate loads, including mean values and standard deviations (SD)

From: Static and fatigue strength of a novel anatomically contoured implant compared to five current open-wedge high tibial osteotomy plates

Specimen

Crack / Ultimate load [kN]

Medial displ. at crack/ ultimate load [mm]

Lateral displ. at crack/ ultimate load [mm]

valgus-malrotation at crack/ ultimate load (°)

Lateral stiffness at crack/ ultimate load [kN/mm]

Failure types

Activmotion 1

- / 8.9

- / 1.3

- / 2.5

- / 0.6

- / 3.6

2

Activmotion 2

3.7 / 7.5

0.7 / 2.1

2.6 / 5.1

0.9 / 1.4

1.4 / 1.5

1 and 2

 Mean:

- / 8.2

- / 1.7

- / 3.8

- / 1.0

- / 2.6

 

 SD ±:

- / 1.0

- / 0.4

- / 1.3

- / 0.4

- / 1.1