Efficacy of monitoring long-bone fracture healing by measurement of either bone stiffness or resonant frequency: Numerical simulation

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 691-697

  Roberts, Sydney G ^a,b   Steele, Charles R ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Engineering Dynamics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; MINERALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

BEAM THEORY; BONE STIFFNESS; LONG BONE FRACTURE HEALING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CALLUS; FRACTURE HEALING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; THEORY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0034268763     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100180503     Document Type: Article

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