Hip screw migration testing: First results for hip screws and helical blades utilizing a new oscillating test method

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 760-766

  Born, Christopher T ^a   Karich, Bernhard ^b   Bauer, Christoph ^c   Von Oldenburg, Geert ^c   Augat, Peter ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heinrich Braun Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c Stryker Osteosynthesis ^*  (Germany)

^d BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

cut out; gamma nail; helical blade; hip screw; intertrochanteric fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FRACTURE FIXATION; GAIT; HIP SCREW MIGRATION TEST; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; GAIT; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS;

EID: 79952797372     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21236     Document Type: Article

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