A new bending stiffness measurement device to monitor the influence of different intramedullar implants during healing period

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-140

  Thorey, Fritz ^a   Richter, Arne ^a   Besdo, Silke ^b   Hackenbroich, Christian ^c   Meyer Lindenberg, Andrea ^c   Hurschler, Christof ^a   Windhagen, Henning ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Fracture healing; In vivo monitoring; Mechanical properties; Small animal models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; IMPLANT; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RIGIDITY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 47849104005     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2008-16207     Document Type: Article

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