Abstract
The stress distribution in a model of the human ankle joint was measured nondestructively by using scattered-light polarizer photoelasticity [ Kihara, et al., Appl. Opt. 24, 3363 ( 1985)]. The present paper describes experimental results for 3-D stress distributions for front and side views of three solid models of the human ankle joint under static loading, which have different dorsiflexions; they are measured nondestructively using this method. The three ankle joint models correspond to the 10° dorsiflexion, the neutral, and the 10° plantar flexion positions, respectively.
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