Impact energy absorption by specimens from the upper end of the human femur

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 613-617

  Panagiotopoulos, E ^a   Kostopoulos, V ^a   Tsantzalis, S ^a   Fortis, A P ^b   Doulalas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Orthopaedic Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone material properties; Hip fracture mechanics; Impact energy absorption; Osteoporosis; Osteoporotic fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 17044435869     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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