In vitro biomechanical evaluation of antegrade femoral nailing at early and late postoperative stages

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 889-897

  Montanini, Roberto ^a   Filardi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A R femoral nailing; Femoral fractures; Finite element method; Fracture healing; Strain measurements; Synthetic femur

Indexed keywords

A/R FEMORAL NAILING; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTURE HEALING; SYNTHETIC FEMURS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; FRACTURE; NAILS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCREWS; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BONE NAILS; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77956416847     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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