Design forms of total knee replacement

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

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-119

  Walker, P S ^a,b   Sathasivam, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Middlesex Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condylar replacement knees; Guided motion knees; Mobile bearing knees; Rotating hinges; Total knee replacement; Unicompartmental

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY;

CONDYLAR REPLACEMENT KNEES; GUIDED MOTION KNEES; INTERCONDYLAR CAMS; MOBILE BEARING KNEES; ROTATING HINGES; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNICOMPARTMENTAL;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

BIOMATERIAL; METAL; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; METALS; MOTION; PLASTICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033629986     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535282     Document Type: Article

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