Proximal interphalangeal joint dimensions for the design of a surface replacement prosthesis

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

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-108

  Ash, H E ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensions; Proximal interphalangeal joint; Surface replacement prosthesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

BONE; BONE CEMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SURFACES;

PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS; SURFACE REPLACEMENT PROSTHESIS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 0029705310     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_398_02     Document Type: Article

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