Wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene acetabular cups in a physiological hip joint simulator in the anatomical position using bovine serum as a lubricant

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

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-269

  Bigsby, R J A ^a   Hardaker, C S ^a   Fisher, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip joint simulator; Stainless steel; UHMWPE; Wear; Zirconia ceramic

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; ZIRCONIUM;

ACETABULUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR HEAD; HIP; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIPORE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WALKING;

ACETABULUM; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR HEAD; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WALKING; ZIRCONIUM;

LUBRICANTS; ORTHOPEDICS; POLYETHYLENES; SIMULATORS; STAINLESS STEEL; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS; BODY FLUIDS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESES; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; ZIRCONIA;

HIP JOINTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; POLYETHYLENES;

ACETABULAR CUP; BOVINE SERUM; FEMORAL HEADS; HIP JOINT SIMULATORS; THREE AXES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION; TRANSFER FILM; ZIRCONIA CERAMIC;

EID: 0030623710     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411971534377     Document Type: Article

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