Stiffness measurements to assess healing during leg lengthening: A preliminary report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 286-289

  Dwyer, J S M ^a,b   Owen, P J ^a   Evans, G A ^a   Kuiper, J H ^a   Richardson, J B ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b N Staffordshire Roy Infirm NHS T   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE LENGTHENING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029932431     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b2.0780286     Document Type: Article

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