Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 1 Subsidence of the posteromedial fragment up to 2 mm (Stage 1 – TTP vs DCP vs LCP group)

From: Non-locked and locked small fragment straight plates have a similar behavior in buttressing the posteromedial shear tibial plateau fragment: a biomechanical analysis of three different fixations

Parameter / group	n	mean	CI 95%			minimum	maximum	p value ^a
Stiffness (N/mm)
TTP	5	177	159	–	195	155	200	0.82
DCP	5	188	168	–	208	170	224
LCP	5	183	150	–	215	146	241
Maximum load (N)
TTP	5	253	228	–	279	223	301	0.38
DCP	5	307	245	–	369	211	398
LCP	5	273	213	–	333	207	377
Energy (J)
TTP	5	0.25	0.23	–	0.28	0.22	0.30	0.36
DCP	5	0.31	0.24	–	0.37	0.21	0.40
LCP	5	0.28	0.22	–	0.34	0.21	0.38

^aANOVA one-way

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