Research Article

Comparison of Biomechanical Performance of Five Different Treatment Approaches for Fixing Posterior Pelvic Ring Injury

Table 1

Material properties and element types for the linear elastic structures in the FE model.

ComponentYoung’s modulus (MPa)Poisson’s ratioElement typeReference

Cortical shell12,0000.3C3D4Burstein et al. [24]
Cancellous bone15000.3C3D4Lindahl [25]
Endplate12,0000.3C3D4Grant et al. [26]
Posterior structure35000.3C3D4Shirazi-Adl et al. [27]
Plates/bars/screws (titanium alloy)114,000.000.3C3D4Xu et al. [28]