Contact stress analysis of the tibial component of prosthetic knee implants

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

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 391-399

  McGioughlin, T M ^a   Monaghan, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Contact stress; Embedded strain gauge; Finite element analysis; Normal and sliding loads; Prosthetic knee implant

Indexed keywords

NEURAL PROSTHESES; PROSTHETICS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINT PROSTHESES; ORTHOPEDICS;

CONTACT STRESS; CONTACT STRESS ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING DESIGNER; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; KNEE IMPLANTS; ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICINES; PROSTHETIC KNEES; TIBIAL COMPONENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

CONTACT STRESSES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031297138     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411971534511     Document Type: Article

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