The medial periosteal hinge, a key structure in fractures of the proximal humerus: A biomechanical cadaver study of its mechanical properties

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 973-976

  Kralinger, F ^a   Unger, S ^a   Wambacher, M ^a   Smekal, V ^a   Schmoelz, W ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; MEDIAL PERIOSTEAL HINGE; OSTEOTOMY; PERIOSTEUM; PERIOSTEUM RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RUPTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 67650120441     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B7.21857     Document Type: Article

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