Sliding performance of unilateral external fixators for tibia

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-69

  Matsushita, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a   Ohnishi, Isao ^a   Kurokawa, Takahide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamization; External fixator; Pin loosening; Sliding mechanism

Indexed keywords

BONE; FRACTURE FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TORQUE;

UNILATERAL EXTERNAL FIXATORS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0344157832     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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