Viscoelastic properties of injectable bone cements for orthopaedic applications: State-of-the-art review

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 98 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-191

  Lewis, Gladius ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

acrylic; bone cement PMMA; calcium phosphates; mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT-PMMA; CONTACT AREAS; KYPHOPLASTY; LOAD-BEARING; ORTHOPAEDIC APPLICATIONS; PMMA BONE CEMENT; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT; VERTEBRAL BODY; VERTEBROPLASTY; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BONE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CEMENTS; CREEP; ESTERS; JOINT PROSTHESES; PHOSPHATES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

BONE CEMENT;

BONE CEMENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; MONOMER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER;

AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSION; FLOW KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSCILLATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BONE CEMENTS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79958065905     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31835     Document Type: Review

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