Measurement of local strains induced into the femur by trochanteric Gamma nail implants with one or two distal screws

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-47

  Filardi, Vincenzo ^a   Montanini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FE modelling; Femoral trochanteric fractures; Intramedullary Gamma nail; Strain measurements; Stress shielding

Indexed keywords

BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); STRAIN GAGES; TORSIONAL STRESS;

FEMORAL TROCHANTERIC FRACTURES; INTRAMEDULLARY GAMMA NAIL; STRESS SHIELDING; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FEMUR; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MECHANICAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33750481916     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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