Comparative in vitro wear testing of PEEK and UHMWPE capped metacarpophalangeal prostheses

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Joyce, T J ^a   Rieker, C ^b   Unsworth, A ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Zimmer GmbH   (Switzerland)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finger simulator; Metacarpophalangeal; Soaking; Titanium; UHMWPE; Wear

Indexed keywords

KETONES; LUBRICANTS; TITANIUM; WEAR RESISTANCE;

FINGER SIMULATOR; METACARPOPHALANGEAL; SOAKING; UHMWEP;

PROSTHETICS;

LUBRICATING AGENT; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYETHER ETHER KETONE; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINGER; GRAVIMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEASUREMENT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KETONES; MATERIALS TESTING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 30944464464     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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