Geoffrey Thor Desmoulin
218-E4th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5T-1G5
Canada
Research Article
A New Approach to Fracture Simulations: The Electromagnetic Breakable and Reusable Human Lower Limb Model
Author(s): Geoffrey Thor Desmoulin, Fariha An-Nafee Rashid, Colin Ropchan, Jason Meitz, Kunj Upadhyaya and Sammy YanGeoffrey Thor Desmoulin, Fariha An-Nafee Rashid, Colin Ropchan, Jason Meitz, Kunj Upadhyaya and Sammy Yan
Background: Lower limb fractures are relatively common injuries resulting from sport or vehicle accidents, falls, and other situations. The most frequent site of such a fracture is the distal third of the tibia. Different methods ranging from crash tests using anthropometric dummies to finite element modelling have been used to study fracture mechanisms. This study developed an electromagnetic human lower limb model to provide a prototype for testing compound fractures at desired break locations under forces similar to that of a real human tibial fracture. The prototype’s ability of simulating such a fracture was assessed.Methods: The prototype had realistic dimensions, fracture locations and load to fracture magnitudes of a 50th percentile human male lower limb. Both the limb and the testing assembly were modeled in SolidWorks (Dassault S.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2090-2697.1000121