The influence of screw torque, object radius of curvature, mode of bone plate application and bone plate design on bone-plate interface mechanics

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-241

  Field, John R ^a,b,c   Hearn, Trevor C ^d   Caldwell, Curtis B ^d  

^a Equine Research Centre   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032052879     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00001-1     Document Type: Article

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