The vibrational mode of the tibia and assessment of bone union in experimental fracture healing using the impulse response method

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 575-583

  Nakatsuchi, Yukio ^a   Tsuchikane, Akira ^a   Nomura, Akio ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone Tibia; Fracture healing; Vibration analysis

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIOMATERIALS; BONE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BONE UNION; FRACTURE HEALING; IMPULSE RESPONSE METHOD;

FRACTURE FIXATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030271425     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(96)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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