1. Supervisor: David Morgan
Mechanical analysis of an athlete’s tibia to determine stress fracture risk locations
Melanie Franklyn
Supervisor: David Morgan
Associate Supervisors: Bruce Field (Mechanical) and Barry Oakes (Anatomy)
Scout film
67% level
50% level
33% level
23% level
Cross-sectional
images
Anterior
border
Results:
1. Distal tibia more prone to stress injury.
2. Stress fractures predicted on the anterior
border.
3. Still unclear why the 33% and 50% levels
are significant. Need Finite Element Model
to demonstrate this.
Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Postgraduate Student Research Forum 2001