A method of examining the magnitude and origin of 'soft' and 'hard' tissue forces resisting limb lengthening

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 405-411

  Gardner, T N ^a   Evans, M ^a   Simpson, A H R W ^b   Kyberd, P J ^a   Kenwright, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distraction; Force; Limb Lengthening; Regenerate; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DISTRACTION; ILIZAROV FIXATORS; LIMB LENGTHENING; REGENERATE; SOFT TISSUES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REGENERATION; CASE REPORT; FORCE TRANSDUCER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTURE; FEMUR; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031171288     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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