The effects of nail rigidity on fracture healing in rats with osteoporosis

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-138

  Sha, Mo ^a   Guo, Zheng ^a   Fu, Jun ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Yuan, Chao Fan ^a   Shi, Lei ^a   Li, Shu Jun ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 62849125345     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670902807490     Document Type: Article

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