Numerical simulation and evaluation of the reduced-platen compression test for estimating cancellous bone mechanical properties in the rat
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A method for testing specimens from the proximal tibia metaphysics and distal femoral metaphysics was presented. In either case, the specimen in the reduced-platen compression (RPC) test consisted of a section of the metaphysics containing both critical and cancellous bone. Numerical simulation results provided quantitative insight into the RPC test method and its experimental artifacts.