TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomechanical comparison of five external wrist fixators
AU - Chang, David
AU - Kummer, Frederick J.
AU - Egol, Ken
AU - Tejwani, Nirmal
AU - Wolinsky, Philip R
AU - Koval, Kenneth J.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The relative stiffness of five different external wrist fixators currently in use for distal radius fractures was determined using a uniform fracture model consisting of wood dowels to isolate the effects of the fixators themselves. Each construct was loaded in axial compression, eccentric and cantilever modes of bending, and torsion. The stiffest of the fixators varied by a factor of three in compression, five in bending, and three in torsion. Although the ideal stiffness of a wrist fixator is unknown, there is a large variation in the stiffness of existing devices.
AB - The relative stiffness of five different external wrist fixators currently in use for distal radius fractures was determined using a uniform fracture model consisting of wood dowels to isolate the effects of the fixators themselves. Each construct was loaded in axial compression, eccentric and cantilever modes of bending, and torsion. The stiffest of the fixators varied by a factor of three in compression, five in bending, and three in torsion. Although the ideal stiffness of a wrist fixator is unknown, there is a large variation in the stiffness of existing devices.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0038377226&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0038377226&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 12828378
AN - SCOPUS:0038377226
VL - 61
SP - 40
EP - 44
JO - Bulletin of the NYU hospital for joint diseases
JF - Bulletin of the NYU hospital for joint diseases
SN - 2328-4633
IS - 1-2
ER -