The wear of metal-on-metal total hip prostheses measured in a hip simulator

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

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 523-530

  Scholes, S C ^a   Green, S M ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalt chrome molybdenum; Friction; Hip simulator; Metal on metal; Wear

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SIMULATORS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS; HIP PROSTHESES; JOINT PROSTHESES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHETICS; TRIBOLOGY;

HIP SIMULATORS;

HIP PROSTHESES; METALS;

BIOMATERIAL; METAL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; VITALLIUM;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; OSTEOLYSIS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VITALLIUM;

COBALT CHROMES; CONVENTIONAL METALS; FRICTION MEASUREMENTS; HIP SIMULATORS; METAL-ON-METAL; METAL-ON-METAL JOINTS; STEADY-STATE WEAR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0035736451     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411011536118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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