The comminuted midshaft clavicle fracture: A biomechanical evaluation of plating methods

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 491-496

  Taylor, Paul R P ^a   Day, Robert E ^b   Nicholls, Rochelle L ^a,c   Rasmussen, John ^d   Yates, Piers J ^a,c   Stoffel, Karl K ^a,c  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Clavicle; Computational model; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL DATA; BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION; BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; CLAVICLE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FAILURE RESISTANCES; FIXATION METHODS; FOUR-POINT BENDING; IN-VIVO; INTERNAL FIXATION; UPPER LIMB MOTION;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PLATING; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; EATING; HUMAN; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDSHAFT CLAVICLE FRACTURE; MOTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BONE PLATES; CLAVICLE; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79955669599     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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