... taken of the cranial tibialis (tibialis anterior) muscle and the cortical bone at pre-specified locations, namely, 5.0, 8.5, and 15.0 cm distal to the lateral tibial plateau The values were then averaged, ... recreating the same load level, load application time, and contact area for each animal Therefore, a standardized static load approach was used in this investigation The comparative nature of the ... was hypothesized that bone and muscle blood perfusion would decrease due to tibial reaming and nailing to repair a segmental tibial fracture in the presence of a standardized muscle contusion...