The wear of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene and a preliminary study of its relation to the in vivo behaviour of replacement hip joints

Wear

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1976, Pages 255-264

  Brown, K J ^a   Atkinson, J R ^a   Dowson, D ^a   Wright, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIP JOINTS; HIP PROSTHESES; JOINTS-ARTIFICIAL; POLYETHYLENE; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WEAR; WEAR TESTING;

EID: 0016876861     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(76)90102-2     Document Type: Article

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1. Mechanical properties and wear behaviour of plastics in relation to their use in prostheses
2. The wear of high molecular weight polyethylene with particular reference to its use in artificial human joints
3. Connection between wear resistance of plastics and other mechanical properties
4. Abrasion of polymers as a kinetic thermo-activation process, and Connection between abrasion and the thermochemical stability of polymers
5. Abrasion of polymers as a kinetic thermo-activation process, and Connection between abrasion and the thermochemical stability of polymers
6. The status of research into the wear of high molecular weight polyethylene in total hip replacement as at January 1974