An improved murine femur fracture device for bone healing studies

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1222-1228

  Marturano, Joseph E ^a   Cleveland, Benjamin C ^a   Byrne, Melissa A ^a   O'Connell, Shannon L ^b   Wixted, John J ^b   Billiar, Kristen L ^a,b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone; Fracture healing; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BONE; FRACTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; RATS;

FRACTURE HEALING; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; KINETICS; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41549140416     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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