Tribology and total hip joint replacement: Current concepts in mechanical simulation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1305-1317

  Affatato, S ^a   Spinelli, M ^a,b   Zavalloni, M ^a   Mazzega Fabbro, C ^a,c   Viceconti, M ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hip implants; Hip simulator studies; Machines for wear tests; Simulator review; Wear evaluation

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESES; JOINT PROSTHESES; MACHINE DESIGN; PROSTHETICS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TESTING; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ALL OVER THE WORLDS; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; CURRENT STATES; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HIP IMPLANTS; HIP JOINT SIMULATORS; HIP SIMULATOR STUDIES; HUMAN BODIES; IN-VIVO; JOINT REPLACEMENTS; JOINT SIMULATORS; LIFE-TIMES; MACHINES FOR WEAR TESTS; MATERIAL WEARS; MECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS; SIMULATOR TESTS; TEST DEVICES; TOTAL HIP JOINTS; WEAR EVALUATION; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEAR TESTS;

SIMULATORS;

CORROSION; EROSION; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 56549086701     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.07.006     Document Type: Review

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