Assessment of bone mineral content byin vivo measurement of flexural wave velocities

The determination of loss of bone mineral in an early stage of development is important. At the present time there exists no noninvasive or nonradiological methods which can be used for routine checks. An alternative method to obtain information about mineral content of bone is to measure the mechanical properties. A new method to measure the mechanical properties of long bones by means of the dispersion analysis of flexural waves is proposed. To be independent of the frequency spectrum of the impact pulse, the phase velocities were calculated from the signals of two accelerometers placed in vivo on the tibia. This method has the advantage that the velocities can be calculated for a frequency range. The results from this method were compared with the results from a well established measurement method for bone mineral content. Both methods were applied to 43 subjects selected in such a way that a broad range of bone mineral values was covered. The results imply that the proposed method can be used to test the mechanical properties of long bones.     

正常人眼筛板的结缔组织纤维结构

采用组化特染，透射电镜和图象分析仪观察了３５只正常人眼筛板结缔组织的纤维成分和结构形态，根据生物力学原理分析了筛束的力学性质和筛板的结构特征，探讨了筛板的损害形式和在眼压与视神经损害间的中介作用及其影响因素。结果显示，筛束含有细胞间质所有三种纤维，具有弹性、塑性和刚性三重复合性质，筛板纵向椭圆、筛束行径和密度象限性差异及筛板厚度个体性差异等与筛板抗损害性能有关。眼压对筛板作用有两种途径，筛板损害是     

补肾密骨片结合骨髓移植对桡骨延迟愈合的实验研究

[目的]观察补肾密骨片结合经皮自体骨髓移植对骨折延迟愈合治疗后的骨密度和生物力学性能影响。[方法]预制新西兰大耳白兔骨延迟愈合模型，将75只兔随机分为四组：A组20只，饲料中加入补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区注入自体红骨髓2ml；B组20只，饲料中加入补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区不注入自体红骨髓；C组20只，饲料中不加补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区注入自体红骨髓；D组15只，造成骨延迟愈合模型后，饲料中不加补肾密骨片，骨延迟愈合区不注人自体红骨髓。治疗后12周处死动物取材，行骨密度及生物力学测试。[结果]骨密度及生物力学测试均显示A组骨愈合优于B、C、D组。[结论]补肾密骨片结合经皮自体骨髓移植治疗骨折延迟愈合的骨组织的骨密度及生物力学强度优于单一骨髓移植或中药治疗。     

管状骨增宽牵引成骨组织形态学变化的实验研究

目的 探讨管状骨增宽牵引后新骨形成的变化。方法 在成年山羊的后肢放置2只增宽牵引器。实验组9只术后第8天牵引，对照组3只不牵引。牵引完毕后不同时期，各宰杀3只，评价管状骨增宽牵引后新骨形成的质和量。结果 实验组胫骨平均增宽7．83mm，X射线见牵引间隙逐渐变模糊，暴露侧有骨不连，非暴露侧成骨良好，牵引完毕3个月，未暴露侧新形成板层骨与原来胫骨融为一体，而暴露侧骨不连区为致密纤维组织。结论 管状骨增宽牵引成骨后，两侧牵引间隙成骨不一致，良好的血供，对新骨形成至关重要。     

经皮椎体成形术与椎弓根螺钉固定治疗骨质疏松性胸腰椎骨折的生物力学研究

目的比较经皮椎体成形术(PVP)和椎弓根螺钉内固定(PSF)治疗骨质疏松性胸腰椎骨折的生物力学强度,为临床应用和离床活动指导提供实验依据。方法18具冻存的新鲜尸体,应用双能X线骨密度仪(DEXA)测定脊柱的骨密度(BND),取胸腰段脊椎(T_(12)～L_2 12具,L_1 6具)随机分成三组：PVP组、PSF组(T_(12)L_2)和正常对照组(L_1),每组6具。PVP组和PFS组实验椎体均制成骨折模型,PVP组给予经双侧椎弓根注入低粘度的含显影剂骨水泥各2．5mL。PSF组于T_(12)、L_2椎弓根置入钉棒系统固定,测试并比较两组和对照组静态最大抗压强度及刚度。结果PVP组骨水泥分布面积皆大于50%,其平均最大抗压强度与刚度分别为(2645±478)N,(117±81)N/mm；PSF组平均最大抗压强度与刚度分别为(1862±620)N,(125±33)N/mm。两组比较平均最大抗压强度差异有显著性意义(P＜0．05),最大刚度差异无显著性意义(P＞0．05)。结论骨折椎体内注入骨水泥PMMA,其抗压强度优于椎弓根钉方法,对于轻度骨质疏松者尤为适用。PVP术后患者可早期(3～5d)下床活动,而PSF术后患者离床活动时间可适当延后。     

胸腰椎爆裂性骨折伤椎固定的生物力学研究

目的 比较跨节段椎弓根钉固定与三椎体六枚椎弓根钉固定术固定胸腰椎骨折的生物力学效果。方法 采用8具新鲜小牛椎体标本（T11-L3），MTS机压缩制作L1椎体爆裂性骨折模型。实验分完整状态组、骨折组、跨节段椎弓根钉固定组、三椎体六枚椎弓根钉固定组。应用脊柱三维运动试验机对标本进行前屈，后伸，左、右侧弯及左、右旋转6个方位的运动范围（ROM）测试并计算刚度值，所得数据进行统计学处理，比较各组间差异。结果 脊柱骨折状态6个方向ROM均显著增加（P〈0．05），椎间刚度值明显降低（P〈0．05）；固定状态的ROM均较完整状态、骨折状态显著减小（P〈0．01），而刚度值均较完整状态、骨折状态增大，差异有显著性意义（P〈0．05）；跨节段椎弓根钉固定组与三椎体六枚椎弓根钉固定组之间的ROM、刚度值差异均无显著性意义（P〉0．05）。结论 跨节段椎弓根固定与三椎体六枚椎弓根钉固定术在重建脊柱骨折稳定性方面，效果无明显差异。     

How four and twelve weeks of implantation affect the strength and stiffness of a tendon graft securely fixed in a bone tunnel: a study of Evolgate fixation in an extra-articular model ovine model

Healing of a tendon graft to a bone tunnel is slower than the healing of a bone plug. Therefore, the device chosen for hamstring fixation may need to maintain its strength and stiffness longer than the device chosen for bone-tendon-bone fixation. We evaluated, in an extraarticular ovine model, how 4 and 12 weeks of implantation affect the strength of a tendon graft fixed to bone with the Evolgate. The long digital extensor tendon was transplanted and fixed with the Evolgate into a 30-mm long, 8 mm diameter bone tunnel drilled in the tibial metaphysis of both posterior limbs of 15 skeletally mature Suffolk sheep. Immediately after implantation, and 4 and 12 weeks later, biomechanical cyclic load tests in 50 N increments were performed until failure to evaluate the ultimate failure load (UFL). Histological analysis was also performed at 4 and 12 weeks. Biomechanical tests revealed a UFL of 339±120 N at time 0, and increases to 635±19 N (4 weeks) and to 867±80 N (12 weeks). The differences between all 3 groups were significant (p<0.001, paired t test). The histological evaluation showed a layer of cellular, fibrous tissue between the tendon and the bone, along the length of the bone tunnel; this layer progressively matured and reorganized during the healing process. The collagen fibers that attached the tendon to the bone resembled Sharpey’s fibers. The strength of the interface significantly and progressively increased between weeks 4 and 12 after transplantation, and was associated with a degree of bone ingrowth noted histologically. The use of the Evolgate seems not to interfere with the bone ingrowth after implantation, allowing an improvement in strength of the bonetendon- device complex.     

The biomechanics of restricted movement in adult obesity

In spite of significant advances in the knowledge and understanding of the multi-factorial nature of obesity, many questions regarding the specific consequences of the disease remain unanswered. In particular, there is a relative dearth of information pertaining to the functional limitations imposed by overweight and obesity. The limited number of studies to date have mainly focused on the effect of obesity on the temporospatial characteristics of walking, plantar foot pressures, muscular strength and, to a lesser extent, postural balance. Collectively, these studies have implied that the functional limitations imposed by the additional loading of the locomotor system in obesity result in aberrant mechanics and the potential for musculoskeletal injury. Despite the greater prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the obese, there has been surprisingly little empirical investigation pertaining to the biomechanics of activities of daily living or into the mechanical and neuromuscular factors that may predispose the obese to injury. A better appreciation of the implications of increased levels of body adiposity on the movement capabilities of the obese would afford a greater opportunity to provide meaningful support in preventing, treating and managing the condition and its sequelae. Moreover, there is an urgent need to establish the physical consequences of continued repetitive loading of major structures of the body, particularly of the lower limbs in the obese, during the diverse range of activities of daily living.     

枢椎后路侧块螺钉与椎弓根螺钉固定强度的生物力学评价

目的评价单皮质和双皮质枢椎侧块螺钉与枢椎椎弓根螺钉的固定强度,为临床选择枢椎后路螺钉的固定方式提供生物力学依据。方法利用12具新鲜尸体枢椎标本,进行单皮质和双皮质的椎弓根螺钉或侧块螺钉固定,测试比较其螺钉拔出强度。结果双皮质枢椎椎弓根螺钉的拔出力量最大,为(1 726.5±433.3)N;单皮质枢椎椎弓根螺钉〔(1 279.9±432.0)N〕与双皮质枢椎侧块螺钉〔(1 054.8±411.3)N〕之间差异无统计学意义;单皮质枢椎侧块最小为(689.4±128.0)N。结论枢椎后路螺钉固定宜首选椎弓根螺钉,侧块螺钉可作为补充固定技术,且以双皮质骨固定为宜。     

Stabilizing effects of ankle bracing under a combination of inversion and axial compression loading

The combined effects of bracing, axial compression and inversion rotation on the ankle-subtalar complexes were evaluated. Ex vivo tests under the load-controlled condition were performed on six cadaver ankle specimens using a six degree-of-freedom fixture. Inversion rotation was measured while subjecting the ankle-subtalar complex to a 2.5 N-m inversion moment and a combination of the testing variables (brace type, no brace, 178 N axial compression load, no compression load, 0° and 20° of plantar flexion) for a total of 16 tests per specimen. Three commercially available braces (two semirigid types and one lace up type) were evaluated. An axial compression load significantly decreased ankle-subtalar motion in unbraced ankles for the tested inversion moment. The contribution of bracing to stabilization of the ankle was smaller in the axial loading condition than in the no axial loading condition. The semirigid braces had greater stabilizing effects in response to the inversion moment than the lace up brace. Stabilizing effects of bracing were significantly greater in 20° of plantar flexion than in 0° of plantar flexion. The most common mechanism for an ankle sprain injury is inversion rotation on a weight-bearing ankle. Therefore, we should not overestimate stabilizing effects of bracing from evaluations of bracing without axial compression loading.