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Vibration Testing Procedures for Bone Stiffness Assessment in Fractures Treated with External Fixation

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A bone healing assessment is crucial for the successful treatment of fractures, particularly in terms of the timing of support devices. However, in clinical practice, this assessment is only made qualitatively through bone manipulation and X-rays, and hence cannot be repeated as often as might be required. The present study reconsiders the quantitative method of frequency response analysis for healing assessments, and specifically for fractures treated with an external fixator. The novelty consists in the fact that bone excitation and response are achieved through fixator pins, thus overcoming the problem of transmission through soft-tissues and their damping effect. The main objective was to develop and validate a test procedure in order to characterize the treated bone. More than 80 tests were performed on a tibia phantom alone, a phantom with pins, and a phantom with a complete fixator. Different excitation techniques and input–output combinations were compared. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of a procedure based on impact tests using a micro-hammer. Pins and fixator were demonstrated to influence the frequency response of the phantom by increasing the number of resonant frequencies. This procedure will be applied in future studies to monitor healing both in in vitro and in vivo conditions.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge Dr. Paolo Neri for providing the electromagnetic shaker, and Dr. Paolo Parchi for his suggestions regarding the focus of the research activity.

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  1. Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Lorenza Mattei, Antonia Longo, Francesca Di Puccio & Enrico Ciulli

  2. Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Stefano Marchetti

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  1. Lorenza Mattei
  2. Antonia Longo
  3. Francesca Di Puccio
  4. Enrico Ciulli
  5. Stefano Marchetti
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Correspondence to Lorenza Mattei.

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Associate Editor Mona Kamal Marei oversaw the review of this article.

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Mattei, L., Longo, A., Di Puccio, F. et al. Vibration Testing Procedures for Bone Stiffness Assessment in Fractures Treated with External Fixation. Ann Biomed Eng 45, 1111–1121 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-016-1769-1

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