The effect of metallic radial head arthroplasty on radiocapitellar joint contact area

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Liew, Victor S ^a   Cooper, Ian C ^a   Ferreira, Louis M ^a   Johnson, James A ^a   King, Graham J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elbow joint contact mechanics; Joint casting; Metal radial head implant; Radial head fracture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SILICONES;

ARTHROPLASTY; RADIOCAPITELLAR JOINTS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

METAL; SILICONE;

AGED; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; IMPLANT; JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; WRIST;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ELBOW JOINT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METALS; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIUS FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037301759     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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