Table 2 Comparison of mechanical testing failure load vs. failure load found from FEA, Curve beam and straight beam model.

From: Curved Beam Computed Tomography based Structural Rigidity Analysis of Bones with Simulated Lytic Defect: A Comparative Study with Finite Element Analysis

Sample No.

Intact

Defect

Mech

FEA

Curve

Straight

Mech

FEA

Curve

Straight

1

7852

7416

8533

9318

3002

4149

2856

6163

2

5007

4501

6474

6626

1853

3367

1619

2077

3

5031

5173

5046

10785

2181

2034

2465

7227

4

4728

5197

4192

5587

2806

3541

2201

6462

5

4141

3281

6347

9202

1237

1421

1898

5117

6

4660

4886

4765

8587

3960

4981

5332

10740

7

11034

11477

11047

13861

3980

4976

5419

7134

8

7970

7372

8462

9669

5985

6055

6988

11992

9

6821

7132

7974

13491

6547

7254

6733

11611

10

10470

9029

8852

9827

8815

8787

8594

8899

Failure Load Average (N)

6771 ± 2498

6547 ± 2440

7169 ± 2170

8719 ± 2965

4037 ± 2394

4656 ± 2273

4410 ± 2508

9695 ± 2601

Bland-Altman method, 95% Cl

 

−1032 to 1482

−2503 to 1707

−7541 to 1693

 

−1732 to 493

−1776 to 1028

−8052 to 641

Mean ± SD of difference vs. mechanical testing

 

225 ± 641

−398 ± 1074

−2924 ± 2356

 

−619 ± 568

−374 ± 715

−3705 ± 2218

P-value (paired t-test)

 

0.2965

0.2714

0.0035

 

0.0072

0.1327

0.0005

Kendall Tau ranking coefficients (mechanical testing vs other methods)

 

0.82

0.73

0.51

 

0.91

0.87

0.56

 

Total

 

Mech

FEA

Curve

Straight

Failure Load Average (N)

5404 ± 2764

5601 ± 2491

5790 ± 2685

7742 ± 3111

Bland-Altman method (N), 95% Cl

 

−1631 to 1236

−2127 to 1355

−7749 to 1120

Mean ± SD of difference vs. mechanical testing

 

−197 ± 731

−385 ± 888

−3315 ± 2262

P-value (paired t-test)

 

0.2419

0.067

2.8e-6

Kendall Tau ranking coefficients (mechanical testing vs other methods)

 

0.83

0.84

0.53