Effects of imposed hindfoot constraint on ankle contact mechanics for displaced lateral malleolar fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 511-519

  Brown, Thomas D ^a   Hurlbut, Patrick T ^a   Hale, Joseph E ^a   Gibbons, Timothy A ^a   Caldwell, Nancy J ^a   Marsh, J Lawrence ^a   Nepola, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Contact pressure; Fracture; Incongruity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EXERCISE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANKLE INJURIES; CADAVER; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMAN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028703486     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199412000-00009     Document Type: Article

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