Lubrication of metal-on-metal hip joints: The effect of protein content and load on film formation and wear

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-40

  Myant, C ^a   Underwood, R ^a   Fan, J ^a   Cann, P M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumin; Artificial hip joint; Bovine calf serum; CoCrMo alloy; Film thickness; Globulin; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ARTIFICIAL HIP JOINT; CALF SERUM; COCRMO ALLOY; GLOBULIN;

BODY FLUIDS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; HIP PROSTHESES; MAMMALS; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTEINS; TESTING; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FILM THICKNESS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; FEMUR HEAD; FILM; FLOW KINETICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INTERFEROMETRY; LUBRICATION; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMUR; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; METALS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 82055202969     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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