Development of fatigue lifetime predictive test methods for hip implants: Part I. Test methodology

Biomaterials

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1057-1065

  Styles, C M ^a   Evans, S L ^b   Gregson, P J ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hip implant; Ti 6A1 4V; Variable amplitude loading

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FATIGUE TESTING; HIP PROSTHESES; SERVICE LIFE; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIOMATERIAL; RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FATIGUE; HIP PROSTHESIS; LIFESPAN; LOADING TEST; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESIS; METHODS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 0032102404     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(98)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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