Reduction of total knee replacement wear with vitamin e blended highly cross-linked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

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

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Vaidya, C ^a   Alvarez, E ^a   Vinciguerra, J ^b   Bruce, D A ^a   Desjardins, J D ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b DJO Surgical   (United States)

Author keywords

force controlled simulator; GUR 1020; highly cross linked UHMWPE with vitamin E; TKR; wear

Indexed keywords

FORCE-CONTROLLED SIMULATOR; GUR 1020; HIGHLY CROSS-LINKED UHMWPE WITH VITAMIN E; TKR; WEAR;

JOINT PROSTHESES; LOAD TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOPLASTICS;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BIOMATERIAL; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 79551657626     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM774     Document Type: Article

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