Bending and torsional stiffness in cadaver humeri fixed with a self-locking expandable or interlocking nail system: A mechanical study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 535-542

  Blum, Jochen ^a,b   Karagül, Göksen ^b   Sternstein, Werner ^b   Rommens, Pol M ^a  

^a City Hospitals Worms   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bending; Biomechanics; Expandable nailing; Humerus; Self locking; Shaft fractures; Torsion

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RIGIDITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; TORSION;

EID: 24944450795     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000164336.33272.2f     Document Type: Article

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