Mechanical torque measurement predicts load to implant cut-out: A biomechanical study investigating DHS® anchorage in femoral heads

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-474

  Suhm, Norbert ^a   Hengg, Clemens ^b   Schwyn, Ronald ^a   Windolf, Markus ^c   Quarz, Volker ^a   Hänni, Markus ^a  

^a AO Development Institute   (Switzerland)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Hip fracture; Implant cut out; Mechanical torque measurement; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PROBE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TORQUE;

EID: 34547101245     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0265-8     Document Type: Article

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