Fig 1.
A load cell was positioned between the two segments of the Delrin rod, which were secured within the testing apparatus’ cylinder.
Fig 2.
Photographs of the experimental setup.
Top compression is being generated between the two Delrin rod segments by tensioning the wire secured through the TPLO jig using (A) heavy needle holders, (B) an AO wire tightener, or (C) application of a compression plate.
Table 1.
Compression loads generated between Delrin rod ‘bone segments’ for seven loading conditions.
The top panel reports mean and standard deviation values for eight evaluations of each loading condition. The lower panel reports the p-values for tests of pair-wise differences using Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference, where values < 0.05 are considered significant.
Fig 3.
Graphic showing the compression load (N) for each experimental group.
Mean ± SD loads measured for each of the seven conditions evaluated. Compression was generated by tensioning the wire secured in the TPLO jig using heavy needle holders and performing a quarter rotation (“blue”, N 0.25), or an AO wire tightener and performing a half, one, one and a half, and two full rotations (“red”, W 0.5, W 1.0, W 1.5, W 2.0), or by applying a LC-DCP with one or two screws placed in the load position (“green”, P 1, P 2).