Theory and practice of meniscal knee replacement : Designing against wear

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

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-222

  O'Connor, J J ^a,b   Goodfellow, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee arthroplasty; Meniscal bearing; Mobile bearing; Polyethylene wear

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENTS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHRITIS; MENISCI;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030341078     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_415_02     Document Type: Article

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