Overview
- Summary of important aspects of fracture healing research from its beginning until now
- Resource for the planning and analysis of experimental studies in fracture healing
- Provides conclusions important for clinical treatment
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering (BRIEFSBIOENG)
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About this book
This book offers a summary of research on the biomechanics of fracture fixation and mechanobiology of fracture healing. The author, a known expert, provides an overview of the state of art, his own research together with that of his co-workers and collaborators; he describes the ideas and findings from the beginning of this research field in the 1960s up to the clinical consequences and applications of today.
The book discusses the mechanobiology of fracture healing, illustrates the numerical methods that simulate fracture healing processes, and depicts specific research methods of experimental studies. Finally, it provides conclusions for the improvement of fracture treatment that will be of use in clinical applications nowadays.
This book will be a valuable resource of knowledge for students and scientists in the field of bioengineering, experimental biology, and biomechanics, helping them to identify the correct conditions and analysis for their respectiveresearch and receive an understanding of the research field from its beginning until today. For experimental and clinical surgeons active in the field of fracture healing, this book will provide a useful historical overview over this translational research field.
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Keywords
- biomechanics
- mechanical force
- fracture healing process
- biological healing process
- treatment of fractures
- fracture fixation
- mechanical stability of fracture fixation
- factors affecting the fracture healing process
- interfragmentary movement
- experimental fracture fixation
- bone formation
- bone healing
- bone surgery
- medical devices
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Lutz Claes, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Research in Trauma Surgery and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mechanobiology of Fracture Healing
Book Subtitle: From Basic Science to Clinical Application
Authors: Lutz E. Claes
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94082-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94081-2Published: 25 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-94082-9Published: 24 April 2022
Series ISSN: 2193-097X
Series E-ISSN: 2193-0988
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 94
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biomechanics, Surgical Orthopedics