Load-Sharing at the Wrist Following Radial Head Replacement with a Metal Implant: A Cadaveric Study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1023-1030

  Markolf, Keith L ^a   Tejwani, Samir G ^a   O'Neil, Geoffery ^a   Benhaim, Prosper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CAPITULUM; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; ROTATION; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST;

EID: 2442432351     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200405000-00021     Document Type: Article

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