Comparison of various types of stiffness as predictors of the load-bearing capacity of callus tissue

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1694-1699

  Floerkemeier, T ^a   Hurschler, C ^a   Witte, F ^a   Wellmann, M ^a   Thorey, F ^a   Vogt, U ^b   Windhagen, H ^a,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE STRENGTH; CALLUS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA TORSION; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONY CALLUS; FEMALE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 29444455379     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B12.16247     Document Type: Article

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