What humeri are suitable for comparative testing of suture anchors? An ultrastructural bone analysis and biomechanical study of ovine, bovine and human humeri and four different anchor types

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1125-1130

  Pietschmann, Matthias F ^a   Hölzer, Andreas ^a   Rösl, Christine ^a   Scharpf, Andreas ^a   Niethammer, Thomas ^a   Jansson, Volkmar ^a   Müller, Peter E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anchor; Animal; Bone quality; Human; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE TESTING; CORTICAL LAYERS; CORTICAL THICKNESS; CYCLIC LOADINGS; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN BONES; PULL-OUT FORCE; ROTATOR CUFF; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TRABECULAR BONES; ULTIMATE FAILURE;

ANCHORS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); REPAIR; ROTATION;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE VOLUME FRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL LAYER THICKNESS; COW; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUTURE ANCHOR; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE ANCHORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950691711     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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