Load-displacement behavior in a distal radial fracture model. The effect of simulated healing on motion

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-59

  Wolfe, Scott W ^a   Lorenze, Mark D ^a   Austin, Gregory ^a   Swigart, Carrie R ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0032910060     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199901000-00008     Document Type: Article

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