Further studies into proximal interphalangeal joint dimensions for the design of a surface replacement prosthesis: Medullary cavities and transverse plane shapes

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

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 377-390

  Ash, H E ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimensions; Medullary canal; Proximal interphalangeal joint; Surface replacement prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BONE; CANALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; JOINT PROSTHESES;

DIMENSIONS; FRONTAL PLANES; MEDULLARY CANALS; MEDULLARY CAVITY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS; SAGITTAL PLANE; SHAPE AND SIZE; TRANSVERSE PLANES;

PROSTHETICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS; SURFACE REPLACEMENT PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031301636     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411971534502     Document Type: Article

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