Wear of 36-mm BIOLOX delta ceramic-on-ceramic bearing in total hip replacements under edge loading conditions

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

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 535-542

  Al Hajjar, Mazen ^a   Fisher, John ^a   LTipper, Joanne ^a   Williams, Sophie ^a   Jennings, Louise M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramic on ceramic; Cup inclination angle; Edge loading; Hip replacement; Malpositioning; Microseparation

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC-ON-CERAMIC; EDGE LOADING; HIP REPLACEMENTS; INCLINATION ANGLES; MALPOSITIONING; MICRO-SEPARATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEBRIS; HIP PROSTHESES; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; METALS;

LOADING; CERAMIC MATERIALS;

CERAMICS;

ACETABULUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMUR; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGERY; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACETABULUM; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84879248551     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411912474613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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