Contact stresses and fatigue life in a knee prosthesis: Comparison between in vitro measurements and computational simulations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Villa, Tomaso ^a   Migliavacca, Francesco ^a   Gastaldi, Dario ^a   Colombo, Maurizio ^a   Pietrabissa, Riccardo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fuji film; ISO standard; Rotating platform knee prosthesis; Tibial tray

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESSES;

CONTACT STRESSES; KNEE PROSTHESIS;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FATIGUE; GAIT; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDARD; STRESS; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0345735675     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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