Precision and accuracy in ceramic-on-ceramic wear analyses: Influence of simulator test duration

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

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 401-405

  Richardson, H A ^a   Clarke, I C ^a   Williams, P ^a   Donaldson, T ^a   Oonishi, H ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tominaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Hip replacement; Statistical analysis; Wear simulator

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIP PROSTHESES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; SIMULATORS; TESTING;

CERAMIC-ON-CERAMIC WEAR ANALYSES; HIP REPLACEMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

CERAMICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CERAMIC; CERAMIC IMPLANTS; CERAMIC-ON-CERAMIC WEAR ANALYSIS; HIP REPLACEMENTS; LINEAR REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; SIMULATOR TEST; STANDARD SIMULATORS; TEST DURATIONS;

EID: 27744601692     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X34428     Document Type: Article

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