Predictive role of the Λ ratio in the evaluation of metal-on-metal total hip replacement

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

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-628

  Affatato, S ^a   Spinelli, M ^a,b   Zavalloni, M ^a   Leardini, W ^a   Viceconti, M ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundary lubrication; High and low carbon; L ratio; Mixed lubrication; Roughness; Wear

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LUBRICATION; HIGH AND LOW CARBON; L RATIO; MIXED LUBRICATION; ROUGHNESS; WEAR; BOUNDARY LUBRICATION REGIME; BOUNDARY LUBRICATIONS; BOVINE CALF SERUMS; HIP JOINT SIMULATORS; LOW CARBON; METAL-ON-METAL BEARINGS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR);

CHROMIUM; COBALT; HIP PROSTHESES; INORGANIC COATINGS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LUBRICANTS; METALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ARTHROPLASTY; CARBON; LUBRICATION;

LUBRICATION; METALS;

BIOMATERIAL; METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 54749130029     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM370     Document Type: Article

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