Apparatus to test insertion and removal torque of bone screws

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 503-508

  Koistinen, A ^a   Santavirta, S ^b   Lappalainen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone screw; Coating; Testing; Torque

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BONE; COATED MATERIALS; DURABILITY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SCREWS; TORQUE; COATINGS; EQUIPMENT; FASTENERS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; SURFACE TREATMENT; TESTING;

BONE SCREWS; CORTICAL BONE SCREWS; METALLIC MEDICAL BONE SCREWS; WOOD DISC;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; SCREWS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMUR; FRICTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TORQUE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; CATTLE; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FRICTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE; UNITED STATES;

ASTM STANDARDS; BONE SCREW; CORTICAL BONE SCREWS; FIXATION STRENGTH; GOOD DURABILITY; INSERTION TORQUE; PULL-OUT FORCE; REMOVAL TORQUE;

EID: 1442330815     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544110360729135     Document Type: Article

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