Anterolateral and medial locking plate stiffness in distal tibial fracture model

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 630-637

  Yenna, Zachary C ^a   Bhadra, Arup K ^a   Ojike, Nwakile I ^a   ShahulHameed, AbdulSalam ^a   Burden, Robert L ^a   Voor, Michael J ^a   Roberts, Craig S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Fracture; Pilon; Sawbones; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL DISTAL TIBIAL LOCKING PLATE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MEDIAL DISTAL TIBIAL LOCKING PLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIBIA; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79958276451     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0630     Document Type: Article

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