Design of a surface replacement prosthesis for the proximal interphalangeal joint

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

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-163

  Ash, H E ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CROSSLINKING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS; INJECTION MOLDING; PROSTHETICS; STAINLESS STEEL; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; ANATOMICAL STUDIES; BEARING SURFACES; COMPLEX SHAPES; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; INJECTION MOULDED; INTERFERENCE FIT; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MOVEMENT; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 0033656658     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535327     Document Type: Article

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