Tribology of human and artificial joints

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

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 163-172

  Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS--MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMS; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ARTHROTRIPSOMETER; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; MCKEE-FARRAR ALL-METAL HIP JOINT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

PROSTHETICS;

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FINGER JOINT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FINGER JOINT; HIP JOINT; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINTS; LUBRICATION; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026266892     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1991_205_287_02     Document Type: Article

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