Mechanical performance of external fixators with wires for the treatment of bone fractures— part I: Load-displacement behavior

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 29-36

  Delprete, C ^a   Gola, M M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACES (FOR LIMBS AND JOINTS); ESTIMATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STABILITY; WIRE;

ILIZAROV EXTERNAL FIXATORS; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; SLIDING CONTACT; STIFFNESS; TRANSVERSE LOAD;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REGENERATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RIGIDITY; TENSION; WEIGHT BEARING; WIRE FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE REGENERATION; BONE WIRES; BONY CALLUS; COMPLIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0027551819     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2895467     Document Type: Article

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