Friction-induced whirl vibration: Root cause of squeaking in total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Weiss, Cornelius ^a   Hothan, Arne ^a   Huber, Gerd ^a   Morlock, Michael M ^a   Hoffmann, Norbert P ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Endoprosthesis; Flutter; Friction; Hip; Sliding instability; Squeaking; THA; Whirl

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTIES; ENDOPROSTHESIS; SQUEAKING; THA; WHIRL;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESES; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; ORTHOPEDICS; ROTATION; TRIBOLOGY;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; FRICTION INDUCED WHIRL VIBRATION; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOMECHANICS; CERAMICS; FRICTION; GAIT; HIP PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VIBRATION;

EID: 84455169472     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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