Representative assessment of long bone shaft biomechanical properties: An optimized testing method

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 741-745

  Bramer, Jos A M ^a   Barentsen, Robbert H ^a   Vd Elst, Maarten ^a   De Lange, Elly S M ^a   Patka, Peter ^a   Haarman, Henk J Th M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal experiments; Four point bending; Long bone shaft; Mechanics; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMUR; INTERLOCKING NAIL; LONG BONE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHEEP; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FORECASTING; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031658634     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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