Effect of sliding locus on subsurface crack formation in ultra-high- molecular-weight polyethylene knee component

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Todo, Shinichi ^a   Tomita, Naohide ^b   Kitakura, Takahiro ^c   Yamano, Yoshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial knee joint; Delamination; Fatigue; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; ECHOTOMOGRAPHY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOVEMENT; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032986185     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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