Are conventional reconstruction plates equivalent to precontoured locking plates for distal humerus fracture fixation? A biomechanics cadaver study

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 697-701

  Koonce, Ryan C ^a   Baldini, Todd H ^b   Morgan, Steven J ^c  

^a Skagit Regional Clinics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cadaver; Fixation; Humerus fracture; Locking plate

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; CADAVER; CADAVER STUDY; CYCLIC LOADINGS; DISTAL HUMERUS; FAILURE PROPERTIES; LOCKING PLATE; PARALLEL CONFIGURATION; PLATE CONFIGURATION; PLATE SYSTEMS; PLATE-TYPE; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; CYCLIC LOADS; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); NITROGEN FIXATION; STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SIMULATION; TORQUE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84863613868     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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