title: Biomechanical evaluation of a new treatment method for distal tibia fractures.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology , University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University , Mainz , Germany.|b GRESPI EA 4694/Faculty of Sport Sciences , University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne , Reims , France.
authors.forename: J R F
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.affiliation: a Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology , University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University , Mainz , Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.affiliation: a Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology , University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University , Mainz , Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mehler
authors.affiliation: b GRESPI EA 4694/Faculty of Sport Sciences , University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne , Reims , France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Puel
authors.affiliation: a Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology , University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University , Mainz , Germany.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Rommens
keywords: Distal tibia; biomechanics; intramedullary nailing; metaphyseal fractures; retrograde nailing