A new hip epiphyseal prosthesis: Design revision driven by a validated numerical procedure

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1203-1211

  Martelli, S ^a   Taddei, F ^a   Cristofolini, L ^a,b   Schileo, E ^a   Rushton, N ^c   Viceconti, M ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epiphyseal hip prostheses; Failure risk; Femoral head resurfacing; Finite element model; Hip prosthesis biomechanics; In vitro simulation; Numerical pre clinical validation

Indexed keywords

FAILURE RISK; FEMORAL HEADS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IN VITRO SIMULATION; PRE-CLINICAL;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE CEMENT; CEMENTS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIP PROSTHESES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

PROSTHETICS;

BONE CEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESIGN REVISION; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; EPIPHYSEAL PROSTHESIS; EPIPHYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; EPIPHYSES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 82755160993     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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