Objective To investigate the effect of the number of screws on the bending stiffness and dynamic compression plate(DCP)strain in an in vitro transverse fracture model.

• 结论已定钢板长度及工作长度,螺钉数目对钢板中央应变及抗弯刚度无明显影响,但钢板总应变随螺钉数目的减少而增加。