Relation between mechanical stiffness and vibration transmission of fracture callus: An experimental study on rabbit tibia

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 327-336

  Akkus, O ^a   Korkusuz, F ^a   Akin, S ^a   Akkas, N ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bending test; Biomechanics; Computerized tomography; Fracture healing; Rabbit tibia; Stiffness; Vibration analysis

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURE FIXATION; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FRACTURE HEALING; RABBIT TIBIA;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALLUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; FRACTURE HEALING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONY CALLUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; PLIABILITY; RABBITS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032306809     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411981534105     Document Type: Article

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