Determination of the major dimensions of femoral implants using morphometrical data and principal component analysis

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

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-309

  Low, F H ^a   Khoo, L P ^a   Chua, C K ^b   Lo, N N ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BONE; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; PROSTHETICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CALIPER GAUGE; FEMORAL IMPLANTS; KNEE MORPHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CADAVER; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADAVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0033660484     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535796     Document Type: Article

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