A scoliosis correction device based on memory metal

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-179

  Veldhuizen, A G ^a   Sanders, M M ^b   Cool, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Correction; Memory metal; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; DISEASES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT REHABILITATION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SURGERY; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VISCOSITY;

DORSAL SURGERY; SCOLIOSIS CORRECTION;

ORTHOTICS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; METALS; SCOLIOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031106393     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(96)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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