This folder contains finite element models developed using a composite tibia (third-generation Sawbones model 3302, Biomechanical Test Materials; Pacific Research Laboratories, Malmö, Sweden).
A high tibial osteotomy model was created usign this geometry and is referenced in the following publication:

"The effect of plate design, bridging span, and fracture healing on the performance of high tibial osteotomy plates: an experimental and finite element study."

A. R. MacLeod,
G. Serrancoli,
B. J. Fregly,
A. D. Toms,
H. S. Gill

Bone Joint Res 2018;7:639–649.

The above model was validated using experimental strain gauge readings.
A very similar modelling approach was used for a subsequent publication:

"Personalised HTO has mechanical safety equivalent to generic HTO: findings from a novel case-control in silico clinical trial."

Dr Alisdair MacLeod
Mr Nicholas Peckham
Dr Gil Serrancolí
Dr Ines Rombach
Mr Patrick Hourigan
Mr Vipul Mandalia
Professor Andrew Toms
Professor B.J. Fregly
Professor Harinderjit Gill

In Press *** Communications Medicine, Nature Research ***

The models are ABAQUS input files, and were produced using ABAQUS 6.12-3 (Abaqus 2017, Simulia; Dassault Systèmes, Paris, France). 
They may not solve correctly if an earlier version is used.
