Fixation stiffness of Dynafix unilateral external fixator in neutral and non-neutral configurations

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 433-444

  Koo, T K K ^a,b   Chao, E Y S ^b   Mak, A F T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone fracture fixation; External fixator; Finite element analysis; Fixation stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

BONE FRACTURE FIXATION; EXTERNAK FIXATOR; FIXATION STIFFNESS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; JOINT STABILITY; LOADING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 32444446875     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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