A New Technique for Measuring Contact Areas in Human Joints—The ‘3S Technique’

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 69-72

  Yao, J Q ^a   Seedhom, B B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SILICONE OIL;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; SILICONE OILS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WALKING;

BIOMATERIALS - STRESSES; BIOMATERIALS - TESTING; RUBBER TESTING;

ANKLE JOINT TESTS; ARTCULAR CARTILAGE; CONTACT AREA; SILICONE RUBBER BLOCKS; STIFFNESS EFFECTS;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 0026264559     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1991_205_270_02     Document Type: Article

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