The biomechanical environment of a bone fracture and its influence upon the morphology of healing

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 455-464

  Gardner, Trevor Noel ^a,b   Mishra, Sanjay ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Callus; Finite element model; Fracture; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

BONE; FRACTURE; STRESSES;

BONE FRACTURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MATURATION; BONE REGENERATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037716751     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(03)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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