Development of a locking femur nail for mice

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-219

  Holstein, J H ^a   Menger, M D ^a   Culemann, U ^a   Meier, C ^b   Pohlemann, T ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Closed fracture; Fracture healing; Locking femur nail; Mice; Torsional mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TORSIONAL STRESS; TUNGSTEN;

CLOSED FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; LOCKING FEMUR NAILS; MICE; TORSIONAL MECHANICAL TESTING;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FRACTURE HEALING; IMPLANT; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WIRE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33845198203     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.034     Document Type: Article

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