Design and implementation of an instrumented ulnar head prosthesis to measure loads in vitro

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1335-1341

  Gordon, Karen D ^a   Kedgley, Angela E ^b,c   Ferreira, Louis M ^b   King, Graham J W ^b,c   Johnson, James A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distal radioulnar joint; Joint loading; Ulnar arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PNEUMATIC CONTROL; STRAIN GAGES;

DISTAL RADIOULNAR JOINT; JOINT LOADING; ULNAR ARTHROPLASTY;

PROSTHETICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FORCE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADIUS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; ULNA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; ELBOW JOINT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULNA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646053212     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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