A review of pre-clinical testing of femoral stem subsidence and comparison with clinical data

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

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Gheduzzi, S ^a   Miles, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micromotion; Migration; Stability; Stem

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; ARTHROPLASTY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FORECASTING; HIP PROSTHESES; SUBSIDENCE;

FEMORAL STEMS; IN VITRO IMPLANT STABILITY; PRE-CLINICAL TESTING; ROENTGEN STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS (RSA); TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT;

HIP PROSTHESES; STABILITY;

ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; EQUIPMENT; FEMUR HEAD; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY;

CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROMOTION; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; PRE-CLINICAL TESTING; ROENTGEN STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS; STEM; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR);

EID: 33947396764     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM129     Document Type: Review

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