Wear of sequentially enhanced 9-Mrad polyethylene in 10 million cycle knee simulation study

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Tsukamoto, Riichiro ^a   Williams, Paul Allen ^a   Shoji, Hiromu ^a   Hirakawa, Kazuo ^b   Yamamoto, Kengo ^c   Tsukamoto, Mikiko ^d   Clarke, Ian C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Shonan Kamakura Joint Reconstruction Center   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tsukamoto Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee prosthesis; Polyethylene (UHMWPE); Wear

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS; HEALTH; HIP PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; POLYETHYLENES; REDUCTION; THERMOPLASTICS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; CONVENTIONAL POLYETHYLENE (CPE); CRITICAL PROPERTIES; FATIGUE STRENGTHS; FEMORAL CONDYLES; HIGHLY CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE; IRRADIATION DOSES; POWER LAWS; REDUCING WEAR; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEST PARAMETERS; TIBIAL INSERTS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS (THR); WEAR RATES; WEAR REDUCTIONS; WIDESPREAD USE;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FEMUR CONDYLE; IRRADIATION; LIFE CYCLE; PARAMETER; PROSTHESIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRIATHLON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 45749124734     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30996     Document Type: Article

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