Load transmission through a healing tibial fracture

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-53

  Vijayakumar, V ^a,d   Marks, L ^b   Bremmer Smith, A ^c   Hardy, J ^c   Gardner, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Integrated Analysis Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixator; Load transmission; Tibial fracture; Weightbearing

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; STRESSES; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

AXIAL LOADING; FORCE PLATE DATA; HEALING PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; WALKING;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 28444445977     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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