Design of a retractable intramedullary nail for the humerus

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-307

  Murdoch, A H ^a   Shepherd, D E T ^a   Mathias, K J ^a   Stevenson, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Finite element analysis; Intramedullary nail; Mechanical testing; Torsion

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPRESSION TESTING; TORSION TESTING;

INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS;

BIOMATERIALS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0041929517     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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