Review Article

A Review of Pediatric Lower Extremity Data for Pedestrian Numerical Modeling: Injury Epidemiology, Anatomy, Anthropometry, Structural, and Mechanical Properties

Table 10

Tensile material properties of the growth plate by regions (bovine tibia specimens) [65].

Strain rateRegionTangent modulusUltimate stress (MPa)

0.04 mm/sLateral15.78 ± 1.663.46 ± 0.45
Center11.81 ± 2.122.64 ± 0.29
Medial12.63 ± 2.792.60 ± 0.92

0.004 mm/sLateral14.60 ± 2.222.82 ± 0.42
Center9.53 ± 2.382.01 ± 0.50
Medial11.75 ± 3.712.18 ± 0.64

0.0004 mm/sLateral13.22 ± 3.742.56 ± 0.35
Center9.81 ± 2.162.05 ± 0.43
Medial11.10 ± 2.362.25 ± 0.60