Injury tolerance criteria for short-duration axial impulse loading of the isolated tibia

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages E13-E18

  Quenneville, Cheryl E ^a   McLachlin, Stewart D ^a   Greeley, Gillian S ^a,b   Dunning, Cynthia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b General Dynamics Land Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Computed tomography; Head trauma; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FORCE; HUMAN; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TIBIA; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78751618871     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f6bb0e     Document Type: Article

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