Wear of fixed bearing and rotating platform mobile bearing knees subjected to high levels of internal and external tibial rotation
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
- Vol. 12 (10/12) , 1049-1052
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1012850224565
Abstract
In order to extend the lifetime of total knee replacements (TKR) in vivo, reduction of the volumetric wear rate of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) bearings remains an important...Keywords
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