Do axial dynamic fixators really produce axial dynamization?

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-30

  Howard, C B ^a   Simkin, A ^a   Tiran, Y ^b   Porat, S ^a   Segal, D ^a   Mattan, Y ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FORCE; FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LONG BONE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032897730     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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