Table 1 Summary descriptive statistics for the mechanical biomarkers generated from the four virtual mechanical test methods and the experimental torsion test.

From: Automated and manual model creation workflows are equally reliable for virtual mechanical testing of ovine bone and fracture healing

Group

Model creation workflow / experiment

Virtual torsional rigidity (VTR) [Nm2/°]

Median (IQR)

Single-zone material model

Dual-zone material model

Contralateral Bones

(N = 26)

MDS

1.130 (0.263)

1.107 (0.262)

MSS

1.116 (0.262)

1.065 (0.253)

CFT

1.107 (0.304)

0.994 (0.358)

SRT

1.066 (0.295)

0.980 (0.354)

Experiment

1.112 (0.400)

Operated Bones

(N = 33)

MDS

1.236 (0.483)

0.939 (0.303)

MSS

1.234 (0.417)

0.890 (0.278)

CFT

1.191 (0.487)

0.800 (0.288)

SRT

1.141 (0.471)

0.790 (0.289)

Experiment

0.829 (0.311)