Wear is a function of use, not time

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 381, Issue , 2000, Pages 36-46

  Schmalzried, Thomas P ^a   Shepherd, Eric F ^a   Dorey, Frederick J ^a   Jackson, Walter O ^a   Dela Rosa, Mylene ^a   Fa'vae, Fa'vae ^a   McKellop, Harry A ^a   McClung, Christian D ^a   Martell, John ^a   Moreland, John R ^a   Amstutz, Harlan C ^a  

^a JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0033646990     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200012000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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