Determination of ankle external fixation stiffness by expedited interactive finite element analysis

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1321-1328

  Nielsen, Jonathan K ^b,c   Saltzman, Charles L ^a,b   Brown, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distraction; External fixation; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TIBIA; WIRE FIXATION;

ANKLE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION;

EID: 27644489473     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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