From: Biomechanical analysis of plate systems for proximal humerus fractures: a systematic literature review
Loading type/s (LT)
Description
Number of studies
References
1
Axial loading
7
[24,25,26,27,28,29,30]
2
Torsion
[31, 32]
3
Bending
[33,34,35]
4
Combined bending and axial loading
14
[7, 36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]
1 + 2
[49,50,51,52]
2 + 3
10
[8, 9, 53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60]
2 + 4
[61, 62]
3 + 4
[63]
1 + 2 + 3
[64, 65]
1 + 2 + 4
5
[66,67,68,69,70]
2 + 3 + 4
[10]