The effects of conformity and load in total knee replacement

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 375, Issue , 2000, Pages 302-312

  Kuster, Markus S ^a   Horz, Sigrid ^b   Spalinger, Esther ^b   Stachowiak, Gwidon W ^c   Gächter, André ^a  

^a Klinik fur Orthopadische Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

^b Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMUR CONDYLE; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0034078316     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200006000-00036     Document Type: Article

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