Stability of external circular fixation: A multi-variable biomechanical analysis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 441-448

  Bronson, Dwight G ^a   Samchukov, Mikhail L ^a   Birch, John G ^a   Browne, Richard H ^a   Ashman, Richard B ^a  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone fragment fixation; External circular fixation; Ilizarov; Orthopedics; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BONE; FRACTURE FIXATION; ORTHOPEDICS; STIFFNESS;

EXTERNAL CIRCULAR FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TORSION;

EID: 0032169775     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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