The effect of static muscle forces on the fracture strength of the intact distal radius in vitro in response to simulated forward fall impacts.

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Title:	The effect of static muscle forces on the fracture strength of the intact distal radius in vitro in response to simulated forward fall impacts.
Authors:	Reeves, Jacob M.¹ jakereeves5@gmail.com, Burkhart, Timothy A.¹ tburkhar@uwo.ca, Dunning, Cynthia E.¹ cdunning@uwo.ca
Source:	Journal of Biomechanics. 2014, Vol. 47 Issue 11, p2672-2678. 7p.
Subjects:	Static muscle work, Bone fractures, Compressive strength, Simulation methods & models, Disease prevalence, Kinematics
Abstract:	The distal radius fracture (DRF) is a particularly dominant injury of the wrist, commonly resulting from a forward fall on an outstretched hand. In an attempt to reduce the prevalence, costs, and potential longterm pain/deformities associated with this injury, in vivo and in vitro investigations have sought to classify the kinematics and kinetics of DRFs. In vivo forward fall work has identified a preparatory muscle contraction that occurs in the upper extremity prior to peak impact force. The present investigation constitutes the first attempt to systematically determine the effect of static muscle forces on the fracture threshold of the distal radius in vitro. Paired human cadaveric forearm specimens were divided into two groups, one that had no muscle forces applied (i.e., right arms) and the other that had muscle forces applied to ECU, ECRL, FCU and FCR (i.e., left arms), with magnitudes based on peak muscle forces and in vivo lower bound forward fall activation patterns. The specimens were secured in a custom-built pneumatic impact loading device and subjected to incremental impacts at pre-fracture (25 J) and fracture (150 J) levels. Similar fracture forces (6565 (866) N and 8665 (5133) N), impulses (47 (6) Ns and 57 (30) Ns), and energies (152 (38)J and 144 (45) J) were observed for both groups of specimens (p > 0.05). Accordingly, it is suggested that, at the magnitudes presently simulated, muscle forces have little effect on the way the distal radius responds to forward fall initiated impact loading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	The distal radius fracture (DRF) is a particularly dominant injury of the wrist, commonly resulting from a forward fall on an outstretched hand. In an attempt to reduce the prevalence, costs, and potential longterm pain/deformities associated with this injury, in vivo and in vitro investigations have sought to classify the kinematics and kinetics of DRFs. In vivo forward fall work has identified a preparatory muscle contraction that occurs in the upper extremity prior to peak impact force. The present investigation constitutes the first attempt to systematically determine the effect of static muscle forces on the fracture threshold of the distal radius in vitro. Paired human cadaveric forearm specimens were divided into two groups, one that had no muscle forces applied (i.e., right arms) and the other that had muscle forces applied to ECU, ECRL, FCU and FCR (i.e., left arms), with magnitudes based on peak muscle forces and in vivo lower bound forward fall activation patterns. The specimens were secured in a custom-built pneumatic impact loading device and subjected to incremental impacts at pre-fracture (25 J) and fracture (150 J) levels. Similar fracture forces (6565 (866) N and 8665 (5133) N), impulses (47 (6) Ns and 57 (30) Ns), and energies (152 (38)J and 144 (45) J) were observed for both groups of specimens (p > 0.05). Accordingly, it is suggested that, at the magnitudes presently simulated, muscle forces have little effect on the way the distal radius responds to forward fall initiated impact loading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	00219290
DOI:	10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.05.010