Edge loading in metal-on-metal hips: Low clearance is a new risk factor

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-226

  Underwood, Richard J ^a,b   Zografos, Angelos ^a   Sayles, Ritchie S ^a   Hart, Alister ^a   Cann, Philippa ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearance; Contact patch edge to rim distance; Edge loading; Hip prosthesis

Indexed keywords

CLEARANCE; CONFORMAL CONTACTS; CONTACT PATCH; CONTACT PRESSURES; CRITICAL DISTANCE; EDGE LOADING; JOINT REACTION FORCES; LUBRICATING FILMS; METAL-ON-METAL; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THICKNESS REDUCTION; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR); CONTACT PATCH EDGE TO RIM DISTANCES;

HIP PROSTHESES; LOADS (FORCES); METALS;

LOADING;

METAL;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; FRICTION; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACETABULUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMUR; FRICTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84858267027     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411911431397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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