Mechanical Evaluation of Two Hybrid Locking Plate Designs for Canine Pancarpal Arthrodesis

Figure 4

Test set-up with a specimen mounted for mechanical testing. Vertical arrow indicates loading direction. Magnification shows radiocarpal screw placed in the distal aspect of the oval plate hole (OH-D) construct with applied strain gauges at the weakest locations predicted by FEA: the plate bending point, adjacent to occupied/unoccupied radiocarpal hole region.