Experimental and theoretical study of the contact mechanics of five total knee joint replacements

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

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 225-231

  Stewart, T ^a   Jin, Z M ^a   Fisher, J ^a   Shaw, D ^b   Stone, M ^b   Auger, D D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Beeston   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contact mechanics; knee joint replacement

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURE; STRESSES; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ANGLES OF FLEXION; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTACT PRESSURE; LINEAR ELASTICITY ANALYSIS; PRESSURE SENSITIVE FILM; TOTAL KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSTHESIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING;

EID: 0029421369     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1995_209_349_02     Document Type: Review

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