Mechanical behavior of the lamb growth plate in response to asymmetrical loading: A model for Blount disease

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-492

  Grover, Joel P ^a   Vanderby, Ray ^b   Leiferman, Ellen M ^c   Wilsman, Norman J ^c   Noonan, Kenneth J ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blount disease; Mechanical forces; Physis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOUNT DISEASE; BONE MALFORMATION; CELL MOTION; COMPRESSION; GROWTH PLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION; TIBIA; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CHONDROCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; JOINTS; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34250827953     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318070cb9b     Document Type: Article

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