Long-term results for Kinemax and Kinematic knee bearings on a six-station knee wear simulator

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

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 437-447

  Ash II, E ^a   Burgess, I C ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; LUBRICATION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

KINEMATIC KNEE BEARINGS; KINEMAX KNEE BEARINGS; KNEE SIMULATOR; WEAR TEST;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; ROTATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034512161     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535462     Document Type: Article

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