Total knee replacement polyethylene stresses during loading in a knee simulator

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 842-847

  Giddings, V L ^a   Kurtz, S M ^a   Edidin, A A ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

KNEE SIMULATORS;

POLYETHYLENES;

ARTIFICIAL LIMB; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL APPLICATION; STRESS; WEAR;

EID: 0035472667     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1330735     Document Type: Article

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