A rigorous method for evaluation of the 6D compliance of external fixators

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Meleddu, Antonio ^a   Barrault, Sébastien ^a   Zysset, Philippe K ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone; Compliance; External fixation; Fracture healing; Stiffness; Wrist

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; STIFFNESS;

BONE FRACTURE; LINEAR ELASTICITY THEORY; STATIC FORCES; WRIST FIXATORS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

COMPLIANCE; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34347255740     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-006-0052-z     Document Type: Article

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