Effect of intramedullary nail stiffness on load-sharing in tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis: A patient-specific finite element study

• Patrick Terrill,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Smart Materials and Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Ravi Patel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Smart Materials and Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7883-2884

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• Douglas Pacaccio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Advanced Foot and Ankle Surgeons Incorporated, Yorkville, Illinois, United States of America

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• Kenneth Dupont,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Foot & Ankle, Enovis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• David Safranski,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Affairs, Foot & Ankle, Enovis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Christopher Yakacki,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Smart Materials and Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Dana Carpenter

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dana.carpenter@ucdenver.edu

  Affiliation Smart Materials and Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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