A test procedure for artificial finger joints

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

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-110

  Joyce, T J ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finger; Metacarpophalangeal; Simulator; Standard; Testing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINT PROSTHESES; PATHOLOGY; SIMULATORS;

ARTIFICIAL FINGER JOINTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036117407     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411021536324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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