Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

1
Mechanical analysis of an athletes 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