Anatomical plate configuration affects mechanical performance in distal humerus fractures

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 972-978

  Penzkofer, Rainer ^a   Hungerer, Sven ^a   Wipf, Felix ^b   Von Oldenburg, Geert ^c   Augat, Peter ^a  

^a BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^b Stryker Trauma AG   (Switzerland)

^c Stryker Osteosynthesis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angle stable plates; Biomechanics; Distal humerus fractures

Indexed keywords

ANGLE STABLE PLATES; ARTIFICIAL BONES; BENDING STIFFNESS; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; DISTAL HUMERUS; ELBOW JOINTS; FATIGUE LIMIT; FRACTURE MODEL; FRACTURE PATTERN; LOADING MODES; LOADING PROTOCOLS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PARALLEL CONFIGURATION; PLATE CONFIGURATION; PLATING SYSTEMS; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; SAWBONE; SCREW HOLE; TRANSVERSAL PLANES;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; MECHANICAL STABILITY; SCREWS; STIFFNESS;

FRACTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANT; JOINT MOBILITY; LOADING TEST; OSTEOTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THICKNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; ELBOW JOINT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOTOMY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 78650187510     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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