Development and mechanical testing of a short intramedullary nail for fixation of femoral rotational osteotomy in cerebral palsy patients

Table 2 Bending-compression tests

Measure	Implant	Mean (SD)	Mean difference	CI 95%
				LL	UL	*p-value*
Relative stiffness (N/mm)	Nail	268.26 (38.51)	-120.71	-154.84	-865.76	<0.001
	Plate	388.97 (57.25)
Linear displacement (mm)	Nail	3.48 (0.43)	1.03	0.71	1.34	<0.001
	Plate	2.46 (0.44)

Mean (standard deviation), mean difference, and confidence interval of the mechanical parameters used in bending-compression tests for comparison among the two fixation groups.

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