The effect of bone cement particles on the friction of polyethylene and polyurethane knee bearings

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3413-3425

  Ash, H E ^a   Scholes, S C ^a   Unsworth, A ^a   Jones, E ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Howmedica Osteonics   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL JOINTS; KNEE JOINTS;

BONE; FRICTION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; TRIBOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; BONE CEMENT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FRICTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA; TORQUE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE CEMENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TORQUE;

EID: 4444308708     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/007     Document Type: Article

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