Bi-unicondylar knee prosthesis functional assessment utilizing force-control wear testing

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

Volumn 224, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 813-821

  Spinelli, M ^a,b   Affatato, S ^a   Harman, M K ^a   Desjardins, J D ^c  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi UKR configuration; contact point kinematics; force controlled wear simulation; unicondylar knee replacement; working area analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR DIRECTIONS; ARTICULAR SURFACES; BI-UKR CONFIGURATION; CONTACT POINTS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CYCLING TIME; DAMAGE AREA; DAMAGE EXTENT; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FEMORAL COMPONENT; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; IN-VIVO; INPUT FORCES; KINEMATIC CONDITION; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE REPLACEMENT; KNEE SIMULATORS; LOADING CONDITION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SHEAR PLANE; SOFT-TISSUE CONSTRAINT; WEAR RATES; WEAR SIMULATION; WEAR-TESTING; BI-UKR CONFIGURATIONS; CONTACT POINT KINEMATICS; FORCE-CONTROLLED WEAR SIMULATIONS; UNICONDYLAR KNEE REPLACEMENTS; WORKING AREA ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; END EFFECTORS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; JOINT PROSTHESES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROSTHETICS;

JOINT PROSTHESES; KNEE PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 77954821317     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM726     Document Type: Article

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