Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1043-1048 , November 2009

A fracture risk assessment model of the femur in children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) during gait

  • Jessica M. Fritz

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center (OREC), Marquette University/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: OREC, Marquette University, Academic Support Facility, 105, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA.
    • ,
  • Yabo Guan

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center (OREC), Marquette University/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
    • ,
  • Mei Wang

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center (OREC), Marquette University/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
    • ,
  • Peter A. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Motion Analysis Laboratory, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Gerald F. Harris

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center (OREC), Marquette University/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
    • Motion Analysis Laboratory, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Received 30 July 2008 ,Revised 22 May 2009 ,Accepted 29 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.06.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1043-1048 , November 2009

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