The frictional behaviour of explanted PCA hip prostheses

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

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-397

  Elfick, A P ^a   Hall, R M ^b   Pinder, I M ^c   Unsworth, A ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friction; Retrieval; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINTS (ANATOMY);

CHARNLEY JOINTS; DURHAM HIP SIMULATOR;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STANDARD; TIME; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031609045     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411981534169     Document Type: Article

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