Evaluation of stiffness and stress of external fixators with curved acrylic connecting bars

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-72

  Shahar, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acrylic connecting bar; External fixator; Finite element analysis; Stiffness; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044518187     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632633     Document Type: Article

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