An evaluation of interface contact profiles in two low contact bone plates

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-556

  Field, John R ^a   Edmonds Wilson, Rohan ^a   Stanley, Richard M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone plate; Interface contact; Low contact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE PLATE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; EVALUATION; FILM; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULNA;

EID: 2342649962     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00215-8     Document Type: Review

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