The Influence of Intermittent Change of Mechanical Environment Upon the Healing of Tibial Fractures

Kenwright, J.; Richardson, J. R.; Spriggins, A. J.; Kelly, D. J.; Goodship, A. E.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-3355-2_62

J. Kenwright³,
J. R. Richardson⁴,
A. J. Spriggins⁴,
D. J. Kelly⁵ &
…
A. E. Goodship⁵

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Serious tibial fractures can cause prolonged morbidity and their incidence remains high in road traffic accidents; fracture healing times in excess of 20 weeks are commonplace for open tibial fractures. (Rosenthal 1977).

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Nuffield Orthop. Ctr., Oxford, UK
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Oxford Orthop. Eng. Ctr., Bristol, MA, USA
J. R. Richardson & A. J. Spriggins
Dept. Comparative Orthop. Res., Bristol, MA, USA
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Department of Orthopedics, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Kenwright, J., Richardson, J.R., Spriggins, A.J., Kelly, D.J., Goodship, A.E. (1987). The Influence of Intermittent Change of Mechanical Environment Upon the Healing of Tibial Fractures. In: Bergmann, G., Kölbel, R., Rohlmann, A. (eds) Biomechanics: Basic and Applied Research. Developments in Biomechanics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3355-2_62

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