Radiographic evidence to help predict the mechanism of injury of pediatric spiral fractures in nonaccidental injury

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 754-757

  O'Connor Read, Laurence ^a,c   Teh, James ^b   Willett, Keith ^b  

^a Trauma Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Femur; Fracture; Nonaccidental injury; Rabbit; Radiograph; Spiral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; INJURY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; SPIRAL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMORAL FRACTURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 34548712459     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318155883e     Document Type: Article

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