Volar subluxation of the ulnar head in dorsal translation deformities of distal radius fractures: An in vitro biomechanical study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 295-300

  Nishiwaki, Masao ^a   Welsh, Mark ^b   Gammon, Braden ^c   Ferreira, Louis M ^b   Johnson, James A ^b   King, Graham J W ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distal radioulnar joint; Distal radius fracture; Dorsal angulation; Dorsal translation; Volar subluxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BONE DEFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS DORSAL TRANSLATION DEFORMITY; RADIUS FRACTURE; ROTATION; SIMULATOR; SUBLUXATION; ULNA FRACTURE; ULNA HEAD VOLAR SUBLUXATION; CADAVER; DISLOCATION; INJURIES; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ULNA; WRIST INJURY;

CADAVER; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ULNA; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84929963419     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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