Knee wear simulation under conditions of highly demanding daily activities - Influence on an unicompartmental fixed bearing knee design

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1204-1211

  Schwiesau, Jens ^a   Schilling, Carolin ^b   Utzschneider, Sandra ^c   Jansson, Volkmar ^c   Fritz, Bernhard ^a   Blömer, Wilhelm ^a   Grupp, Thomas M ^a,c  

^a B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delamination; High demanding activities; Oxidation grade; Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; Wear simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL AGEING; DAILY ACTIVITY; HIGH DEMANDING ACTIVITIES; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PATIENT ACTIVITIES; POLYETHYLENE INSERTS; TEST CONFIGURATIONS; WEAR SIMULATION;

ARTHROPLASTY; DELAMINATION; KNEE PROSTHESES; ORTHOPEDICS; STAIRS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

POLYETHYLENE; BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; GRAVIMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA; UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY DEVICE; WALKING; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FRICTION; HUMAN; KNEE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYETHYLENE; PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84879029945     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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