In vivo measurement of bending stiffness in fracture healing

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hente, Reiner ^a   Cordey, Jacques ^b   Perren, Stephan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b AO Research Institute ^*  (Switzerland)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; CALIBRATION; CALLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE HEALING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 3042568767     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-2-8     Document Type: Article

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