Geometry of the proximal humerus and implications for prosthetic design

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-338

  Hertel, Ralph ^a   Knothe, Ulf ^a   Ballmer, Franz T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; HISTOLOGY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; SHOULDER;

HUMANS; HUMERUS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0041346435     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2002.124429     Document Type: Article

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