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Table 3 Displacements for plate versus pin constructs at various loads after all 3000 cycles have elapsed for the load.

From: A biomechanical study of plate versus intramedullary devices for midshaft clavicle fixation

Clavicle

Pair

Displacement

at 180N for

plate

Displacement

at 180N for

pin

Displacement

at 360N for

plate

Displacement

forat 360N

pin

Displacement

at 540N for

plate

Displacement

at 540N for

pin

Displacement

at 720N for

plate

Displacement

at 720N for

pin

1

1.18

1.57

1.89

2.35

3.00

5.30

5.58

6.98

2

1.58

2.14

3.73

--

6.32

--

8.73

--

3

1.06

2.15

1.84

3.53

3.25

4.94

--

--

4

1.70

2.80

2.18

8.97

3.80

--

--

--

5

0.93

1.38

1.95

3.54

3.66

5.23

5.76

7.86

6

0.84

2.38

1.73

4.75

3.34

6.90

10.7

12.7

7

1.20

1.65

2.52

--

9.40

--

--

--

8

1.72

2.50

2.88

5.14

3.60

6.48

4.35

8.04

  1. Values are in millimeters. Differences are significant at 180N (p = 0.001), 360N (p = 0.033), 540N (p = 0.003) and 720N (p = 0.018) by paired t-tests. At loads of higher than 720N, over half of constructs had failed.