Can the method of fixation influence the wear behaviour of ZrN coated unicompartmental mobile knee prostheses?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Affatato, S ^a   Spinelli, M ^a   Lopomo, N ^a   Grupp, T M ^b,c   Marcacci, M ^a   Toni, A ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fixed bearing; Knee simulator; Mobile bearing; Polyethylene menisci; UKP; ZrN coating

Indexed keywords

FIXED-BEARING; KNEE SIMULATOR; MOBILE-BEARING; UKP; ZRN COATING;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOMECHANICS; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CERAMIC COATINGS; CHROMIUM; COBALT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOLYBDENUM; NITRIDES; POLYETHYLENES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATORS; THERMOPLASTICS; ZIRCONIUM;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TIBIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MOTION; NITROGEN; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 79751529440     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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