The effect of contact area on wear in relation to fixed bearing and mobile bearing knee replacements

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 282-290

  Sathasivam, Shivani ^a   Walker, Peter S ^a   Campbell, Patricia A ^a   Rayner, Keith ^a  

^a The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee simulators; Mobile bearing knees; Polyethylene wear; Total knee replacement; Wear debris

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

KNEE REPLACEMENTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0035727965     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(2001)58:3<282::AID-JBM1018>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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