Biomechanical testing in experimental bone interventions-May the power be with you

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1623-1631

  Leppänen, Olli V ^a,b   Sievänen, Harri ^c   Järvinen, Teppo L N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Experimental studies; Mechanical testing; Precision; Sample size; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BONE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; RATS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL POWER;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE BOWING; COMPRESSION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR NECK; RATS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 43549105327     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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