The effect of bearing congruency, thickness and alignment on the stresses in unicompartmental knee replacements

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1148-1157

  Simpson, D J ^a   Gray, H ^a   D'Lima, D ^b   Murray, D W ^a,c   Gill, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^c NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearing; Contact stress; Finite element; Knee; Polyethylene; Step up; Unicompartmental

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CRACK INITIATION; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THERMOPLASTICS;

BEARING; CONTACT STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT; KNEE; POLYETHYLENE; STEP UP; UNICOMPARTMENTAL;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT STRESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA;

EID: 53449092552     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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