Influence of the fixation stability on the healing time - A numerical study of a patient-specific fracture healing process

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 606-612

  Wehner, Tim ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a   Niemeyer, Frank ^a   Nolte, Daniel ^a   Simon, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

External fixator; Fixation stability; Fracture healing; Interfragmentary movement; Mechanobiology; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; BLOOD PERFUSION; BONE FRAGMENTS; EXTERNAL FIXATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE-BENDING; FUZZY LOGIC ALGORITHMS; HEALING PROCESS; HEALING TIME; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; LONG BONE; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIMUM VALUE; STATE VARIABLES; STRAIN TENSOR; TIME COURSE; TISSUE COMPOSITION;

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FUZZY LOGIC; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; STABILITY;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CORTICAL BONE; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FIXATION STIFFNESS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALING TIME; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; TIME; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77952543497     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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