Influence of assembly procedure and material combination on the strength of the taper connection at the head-neck junction of modular hip endoprostheses

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Rehmer, Annelie ^a   Bishop, Nicholas E ^a   Morlock, Michael M ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly force; Head taper connection; Modular hip prosthesis; Pull off forces; Turn off capacity

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY TOOL; BEARING CONDITIONS; CERAMIC HEADS; COMPONENT ASSEMBLY; ENDOPROSTHESES; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMORAL HEADS; HAMMER BLOW; HEAD-TAPER CONNECTION; MATERIAL COMBINATION; MODULAR HIP PROSTHESIS; MOMENT CAPACITY; PULL-OFF FORCES; RELATIVE MOTION; TI-6AL-4V; TURN-OFF CAPACITY;

ALUMINUM; CERAMIC MATERIALS; HAMMERS; HIP PROSTHESES;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ASSEMBLY FORCE; ASSEMBLY TOOL; BONE STRENGTH; CERAMICS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAMMER STROKE; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAPER JUNCTION STRENGTH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84655169208     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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