Mechanical properties and in vivo performance of load-bearing fiber-reinforced composite intramedullary nails with improved torsional strength

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-139

  Moritz, N ^a,b   Strandberg, N ^a   Zhao, D S ^a   Mattila, R ^b   Paracchini, L ^c   Vallittu, P K ^b   Aro, H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c INGEO Snc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced composites; Implant; Intramedullary nail; Mechanical testing; Orthopedic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BIOACTIVE GLASS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; NAILS; NEURAL PROSTHESES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SURGERY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BISPHENOL A DIMETHACRYLATE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS; LOCAL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SURGICAL STABILIZATION; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE;

FRACTURE;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CAMPHORQUINONE; GLASS FIBER; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLY[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE]; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; 2,2-DI(4-METHACRYLOXYPHENYL)PROPANE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE IMPLANT; BONE METASTASIS; BONE STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMUR; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULUS TEST; MECHANICAL TORSION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEIGHT BEARING; ANIMAL; BONE NAIL; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

COMPOSITES; FIBERS; MECHANICAL TESTS; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BONE NAILS; FEMUR; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; METHACRYLATES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; RABBITS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84924232341     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.08.020     Document Type: Article

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