Effect of Extent of Motion and Type of Load on the Wear of Polyethylene in a Biaxial Hip Simulator

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 186-192

  Saikko, Vesa ^a   Calonius, Olof ^a   Keränen, Jaakko ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dynamic load; Extent of motion; Hip simulator; Polyethylene wear; Total hip prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; LOADS (FORCES); TISSUE; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BIAXIAL ROCKING MOTION (BRM);

HIP PROSTHESES;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR HEAD; HIP PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0242709585     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10556     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. McKellop HA, Clarke IC. Degradation and wear of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene. In: Fraker AC, Griffin CD, editors. Corrosion and degradation of implant materials: Second symposium, ASTM STP 859. Philadelphia: American Society for Testing and Materials; 1985. pp 351-368.
2. Johnston RC, Smidt GL. Measurement of hip-joint motion during walking-evaluation of an electrogoniometric method. J Bone Joint Surg 1969;51A:1083-1094.
3. Calonius O, Saikko V. Slide track analysis of eight contemporary hip simulator designs. J Biomech 2002;35:1439-1450.
4. Saikko V, Calonius O. Slide track analysis of the relative motion between femoral head and acetabular cup in walking and in hip simulators. J Biomech 2002;35:455-464.
5. Wang A, Polineni VK, Essner A, Sokol M, Sun DC, Stark C, Dumbleton JH. The significance of nonlinear motion in the wear screening of orthopaedic implant materials. J Testing Eval 1997;25:239-245.
6. Saikko V, Ahlroos T. Type of motion and lubricant in wear simulation of polyethylene acetabular cup. Proc Inst Mech Eng Pt H 1999;213:301-310.
7. Saikko V, Ahlroos T, Calonius O, Keränen J. Wear simulation of total hip prostheses with polyethylene against CoCr, alumina and diamond-like carbon. Biomaterials 2001;22:1507-1514.
8. McKellop HA, Campbell P, Park SH, Schmalzried TP, Grigoris P, Amstutz HC, Sarmiento A. The origin of submicron polyethylene wear debris in total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop 1995;311:3-20.
9. Hirakawa K, Bauer TW, Stulberg BN, Wilde AH. Comparison and quantitation of wear debris of failed total hip and total knee arthroplasty. J Biomed Mater Res 1996;31:257-263.
10. Kobayashi A, Bonfield W, Kadoya Y, Yamac T, Freeman MAR, Scott G, Revell PA. The size and shape of particulate polyethylene wear debris in total joint replacements. Proc Inst Mech Eng Pt H 1997;211:11-15.
11. Mabrey JD, Afsar-Keshmiri A, McClung II GA, Pember II MA, Wooldridge TM, Agrawal CM. Comparison of UHMWPE particles in synovial fluid and tissues from failed THA. J Biomed Mater Res Appl Biomater 2001;58:196-202.
12. Saikko V, Calonius O, Keränen J. Effect of counterface roughness on the wear of conventional and crosslinked ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene studied with a multi-directional motion pin-on-disk device. J Biomed Mater Res 2001;57:506-512.
13. Saikko V, Calonius O, Keränen J. Wear of conventional and crosslinked ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene acetabular cups against polished and roughened CoCr femoral heads in a biaxial hip simulator. J Biomed Mater Res Appl Biomater 2002;63:848-853.
14. Ahlroos T. Effect of lubricant on the wear of prosthetic joint materials. Doctoral dissertation, Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Me 153, the Finnish Academies of Technology, Helsinki, 2001.
15. Wang A, Polineni VK, Essner A, Stark C, Dumbleton JH. Quantitative analysis of serum degradation and its effect on the outcome of hip joint simulator wear testing on UHMWPE. 45th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 1999, Anaheim, CA.
16. Saikko V. A simulator study of friction in total replacement hip joints. Proc Inst Mech Eng Pt H 1992;206:201-211.
17. Atkinson JR, Dowson D, Isaac GH, Wroblewski BM. Laboratory wear tests and clinical observations of the penetration of femoral heads into acetabular cups in total replacement hip joints. II: A microscopical study of the surfaces of Charnley polyethylene acetabular sockets. Wear 1985;104:217-224.
18. Atkinson JR, Dowson D, Isaac GH, Wroblewski BM. Laboratory wear tests and clinical observations of the penetration of femoral heads into acetabular cups in total replacement hip joints. III: The measurement of internal volume changes in explanted Charnley sockets after 2-16 years in vivo and the determination of wear factors. Wear 1985;104:225-244.
19. Sychterz CJ, Engh CA Jr, Swope SW, McNulty DE, Engh CA. Analysis of prosthetic femoral heads retrieved at autopsy. Clin Orthop 1999;358:223-234.
20. Paul JP. Force actions transmitted by joints in the human body. Proc R Soc London Ser B 1976;192:163-172.