An observation on subsurface defects of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene due to rolling contact

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 441-451

  Ohashi, Minako ^a   Tomita, Naohide ^a   Ikada, Yoshito ^a   Ikeuchi, Ken ^a   Motoike, Toshio ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial knee joint; Fatigue; SAT; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRICTION; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ROTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

CERAMICS; FRICTION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0030342777     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/bme-1996-6605     Document Type: Article

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