Semi-rigid vs rigid glass fibre casting: A biomechanical assessment

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  White, Ray ^a,b   Schuren, J ^c   Konn, D R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c 3M Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLASTICS CASTING; RIGIDITY;

SEMI-RIGID SYNTHETIC CASTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

GLASS FIBER;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FINGER; FOREARM; FOREFOOT; FRACTURE; GONIOMETRY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PLASTER CAST; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TISSUE INJURY; WALKING; WRIST;

ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CASTS, SURGICAL; COLLES' FRACTURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLASS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0347927333     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00167-5     Document Type: Article

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