Arch-shaped versus flat arthrodesis of the ankle joint: Strength measurements using synthetic cancellous bone

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

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-49

  Lauge Pedersen, H ^a   Aspenberg, P ^a   Ryd, L ^a   Tanner, K E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ankle arthrodesis; Ankle biomechanics; Fixation; Stability; Stiffness; Strength

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIOMECHANICS; BONE; STIFFNESS; TORQUE; ARCHES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NITROGEN FIXATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FLAT ARTHRODESIS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); BONE;

ANKLE BIOMECHANICS; ANKLE JOINTS; ARTHRODESIS; CANCELLOUS BONE; FOUR POINT BENDING; STRENGTH; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

ANKLE; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036105225     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411021536270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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