The use of low-frequency vibration measurement in orthopaedics

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

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-290

  Nokes, L D M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL; AUSCULTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; STETHOSCOPE; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

AGED; ANIMALS; AUSCULTATION; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDICS; SKIN; STETHOSCOPES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032605516     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411991534979     Document Type: Article

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