Assessment of external fixator reusability using load- and cycle-dependent tests

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 406, Issue , 2003, Pages 275-281

  Matsuura, Maiko ^a   Lounici, Smain ^a   Inoue, Nozomu ^a   Walulik, Stephen ^a   Chao, Edmund Y S ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDARD;

EID: 0037233941     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200301000-00038     Document Type: Article

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