Analysis of wear and friction of total knee replacements. Part I. Wear assessment on a three station wear simulator

Wear

Volumn 265, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 999-1008

  Flannery, M ^a   McGloughlin, T ^a   Jones, E ^b   Birkinshaw, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Stryker Howmedica Osteonics   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cobalt chrome; Interax ; Knee simulator; Surface roughness; Total knee replacement; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FRICTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COBALT CHROME; KNEE SIMULATOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BIOMECHANICS; FRICTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

EID: 44949206360     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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