Investigation of metallic and carbon fibre PEEK fracture fixation devices for three-part proximal humeral fractures

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 712-722

  Feerick, Emer M ^a   Kennedy, Jim ^b   Mullett, Hannan ^c   FitzPatrick, David ^d   McGarry, Patrick ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Sports Surgery Clinic ^*  (Ireland)

^d UCD Communications and Optoelectronic Research Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre PEEK; Cement reinforcement; Finite element; Fracture fixation; Humerus; Inter fragmentary micro motion

Indexed keywords

BONE; BONE CEMENT; CEMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS); NAILS; REINFORCEMENT;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE FRAGMENTS; HUMERUS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; MICRO MOTION; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT;

CARBON FIBERS;

BONE CEMENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBON FIBER; METAL; POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; BILBOQUET DEVICE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRESS; BONE WIRE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE LINE OPENING; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS HEAD; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LOCKING PLATE; MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 84880894234     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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