The design and performance of an experimental external fixator with variable axial stiffness and a compressive force transducer

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 690-695

  Draper E R C , ^a   Strachan, R K ^a   Hughes, S P F ^a   Nicol, A C ^b   Paul, J P ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression; Compression spring; External fixator; Sheep; Tibia; Transducer

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BONE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; TRANSDUCERS;

COMPRESSIVE FORCE TRANSDUCERS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; MICROMOVEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; FORCE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; OSTEOTOMY; SHEEP; TIBIA; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WALKING;

EID: 0031253597     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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