An apparatus for studying wear damage in UHMWPE: Description and initial test results

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 39, Issue , 1998, Pages 347-348

  Baldini, Todd H ^a   Wright, Timothy M ^a   Estupiñán, Jaime A ^b   Bartel, Donald L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

EID: 0032296923     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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