Design, characterisation and in vivo testing of a new, adjustable stiffness, external fixator for the rat femur

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 289-299

  Glatt, V ^a,b   Evans, C H ^a,b   Matthys, R ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AO FOUNDATION   (Switzerland)

^c AO Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Dynamisation; External fixator; Mechanical stiffness; Mechanobiology; Small animal model

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; POLYETHYLETHYLKETONE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLOY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXIAL COMPRESSION TEST; BONE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMORAL DEFECT; FRACTURE HEALING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL TORSION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RAT; THREE POINT BENDING TEST; ANIMAL; BONE NAIL; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STANDARD; WOUND HEALING;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TITANIUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864593833     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v023a22     Document Type: Article

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