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

Table 11

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

Age (months)	Growth plate thickness	Tangent modulus	Ultimate strain (%)	Ultimate stress (MPa)
5	0.65 ± 0.12	7.52 ± 2.15	23 ± 6	1.36 ± 0.53
12–18	0.50 ± 0.15	6.89 ± 1.96	38 ± 13	1.82 ± 0.55