Effects of in vitro wear of machined and molded UHMWPE tibial inserts on TKR kinematics

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 496-504

  Benson, Lisa C ^a   Desjardins, John D ^a   Laberge, Martine ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Total knee joint simulation; Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE); Wear testing

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MACHINING; PITTING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

KNEE JOINT SIMULATORS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; POLYETHYLENE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; GEOMETRY; GRAVIMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT MOBILITY; MACHINE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIBIA;

EID: 0034806870     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.1046     Document Type: Article

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