The fracture toughness test can be applied to determine how a material will perform when cracks and flaws are present, such as when fatigue cycling occurs. Resistance to crack initiation is defined as ...

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo revealed after the team's 10-0 victory over the White Sox Monday night that Corbin Carroll has a chip fracture in his left wrist.

The test may make it easier to identify whether people with memory and thinking problems have Alzheimer’s or not.

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Background Plain radiographs cannot identify all scaphoid fractures; thus ED patients with a clinical suspicion of scaphoid injury often undergo immobilisation despite normal imaging. This study ...

This video provides a complete explanation on how to perform a fracture toughness test to assess resistance to fatigue pre-crack. Huntsman operates an ISO 17025 accredited testing facility for ...

The scaphoid is a peanut-shaped bone on the radial aspect of the wrist (thumb side) which is particularly prone to a significant type of injury—the transverse fracture.

University of Alberta-led researchers, including the developers and promoters of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), have found that FRAX combined with bone mineral density can reliably ...

For unstable scaphoid fractures failure rates are as high as 92% especially with an initial displacement exceeding one millimeter, which is why surgical treatment became the gold standard. The primary ...

Original Article Archive Position in the Treatment of Fracture of the Carpal Scaphoid Author: DAVID BERLIN, M.D. † Author Info & Affiliations Published September 19, 1929 N Engl J Med 1929;201: ...

Researchers recently evaluated three tools to help predict risk of hip fracture in adults aged 80 and older, a population that accounts for 70% of hip fractures in the United States. The three ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Documented cannabis use may be associated with an increased risk of scaphoid fracture nonunion compared with non-use, according to results presented here.“While tobacco use is ...