Numerical analysis of wear particles from non-arthritic and osteoarthritic human knee joints

Wear

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 318-325

  Podsiadlo, P ^a   Kuster, M ^b   Stachowiak, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ferrography; Numerical descriptors; Osteoarthritis; Synovial joints; Wear particles

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FRACTALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL TESTS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FERROGRAPHY; MANN WHITNEY WILCOXON RANK TEST; SYNOVIAL JOINTS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION; JOINT; WEAR DEBRIS;

EID: 0031227272     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(97)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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