A fully mobile patellar prosthesis: Design, biomechanics and laboratory evaluation

Knee

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-104

  Minns, R J ^a   Wallace, I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint replacement; Laboratory testing; Patellar replacement; Prosthesis design; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030973341     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(96)00245-1     Document Type: Article

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