Buttressing angle of the double-plating fixation of a distal radius fracture: A finite element study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 665-673

  Lin, Chun Li ^a   Lin, Yu Hao ^a   Chen, Alvin Chao Yu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Distal radius fracture; Double plating; Finite element method; Fixation plate

Indexed keywords

BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOAD TESTING; PLATE METAL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY; TORSIONAL STRESS;

DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING INTERFACE; INTERNAL DOUBLE-PLATING METHOD; PLATE-FIXATION ANGLES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PLATE FIXATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33747025630     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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