Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 59-66 , January 2007

Increasing bending strength of tibial locking screws: Mechanical tests and finite element analyses

  • Ching-Kong Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Chi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jaw-Lin Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jinn Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 6 March 2006 ,Accepted 19 July 2006.

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PII: S0268-0033(06)00142-2

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.07.007

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 59-66 , January 2007

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