Improvement in the assessment of wear of total knee replacements using coordinate-measuring machine techniques

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

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Blunt, L A ^a   Bills, P J ^a   Jiang, X Q ^a   Chakrabarty, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring machine technique; Total knee replacement; Wear assessment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CLINICAL WEAR; COORDINATE-MEASURING MACHINE TECHNIQUE; FAILURE MECHANISM; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; JOINT REPLACEMENT; KNEE JOINT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LIFE-TESTING; MEASURING MACHINES; PRODUCT STANDARDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIMULATOR TEST; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VOLUMETRIC MATERIAL; WEAR ANALYSIS; WEAR ASSESSMENT; RETRIEVED BEARINGS;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEASUREMENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESES;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FRICTION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; STANDARD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FRICTION; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; WEIGHT-BEARING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 47649129618     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM289     Document Type: Article

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