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However, these metal plates have increased reoperation rates due to inflammation of the surrounding soft tissue. To overcome these challenges, a novel osteosynthesis platform, AdhFix, has been developed. This method uses a light-curable polymer that can be shaped <jats:italic>in situ<\/jats:italic> around traditional metal screws to create a plate-like structure that has been shown to not induce soft tissue adhesions. However, to effectively evaluate any novel osteosynthesis device, the biomechanical environment must first be understood. In this study, the internal loads in a phalangeal plate osteosynthesis were measured under simulated rehabilitation exercises. In a human hand cadaver study, a plastic plate with known biomechanical properties was used to fix a 3\u00a0mm osteotomy and each finger was fully flexed to mimic traditional rehabilitation exercises. The displacements of the bone fragments were tracked with a stereographic camera system and coupled with specimen specific finite element (FE) models to calculate the internal loads in the osteosynthesis. Following this, AdhFix patches were created and monotonically tested under similar conditions to determine survival of the novel technique. The internal bending moment in the osteosynthesis was 6.78 \u00b1 1.62\u00a0Nmm and none of the AdhFix patches failed under the monotonic rehabilitation exercises. This study demonstrates a method to calculate the internal loads on an osteosynthesis device during non-load bearing exercises and that the novel AdhFix solution did not fail under traditional rehabilitation protocols in this controlled setting. 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