Backside nonconformity and locking restraints affect liner/shell load transfer mechanisms and relative motion in modular acetabular components for total hip replacement

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 431-437

  Kurtz, Steven M ^a   Ochoa, Jorge A ^b   White, Christopher V ^a   Srivastav, Sanjeev ^a   Cournoyer, John ^b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Johnson and Johnson Prof Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabular component; Contact stress; Metal backing; Polyethylene; Relative motion

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; HIP PROSTHESES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; METALS; POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ACETABULAR COMPONENT; CONTACT STRESS; OSTEOLYSIS; RELATIVE MOTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

METAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR HEAD; FENESTRATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACETABULUM; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; FEMUR HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; POLYETHYLENES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032071068     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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