Prediction of total knee arthroplasty polyethylene wear using the wear index

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 760-766

  Miura, Hiromasa ^a   Higaki, Hidehiko ^b   Nakanishi, Yoshitaka ^c   Mawatari, Taro ^a   Moro Oka, Takaaki ^a   Murakami, Teruo ^d   Iwamoto, Yukihide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee simulator; Polyethylene wear; Prediction; Total knee arthroplasty (TKA); Wear index

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; GAIT; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODEL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036712114     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2002.33546     Document Type: Article

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