Biomechanical comparison of five external wrist fixators

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 40-44

  Chang, David ^a   Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Egol, Ken ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal ^a   Wolinsky, Philip ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BONE; TORSIONAL STRESS;

FIXATORS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIUS FRACTURE; WEIGHT; WOOD;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIUS FRACTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0038377226     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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