%0 Journal Article %T Estudio del efecto de placas de fijaci¨®n en fracturas de tibia proximal utilizando el m¨¦todo de elementos finitos %A Zambrano %A Lilibeth A %A M¨¹ller-Karger %A Carmen %J Bolet¨ªn T¨¦cnico %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the influence of the fixation plates on the ostheosynthesis process of the 41-c1 tibia fracture is analysed in this research, by studying the fracture fragments displacements when a compressive load is applied. a cadaveric tibia and a synthetic tibia were experimentally and numerically compared. then, two different fem of fractured tibia were developed: with and without fixation plates, and compression loads were applied to both. kinematical restrictions were employed to simulate fixation plates. the model with fixation plates behaved like a rigid deformable body, while the model without plates collapses. %K finite element %K fixation plates %K proximal tibia fracture. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0376-723X2008000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en