Advances in Medical Tribology Orthopaedic Implants and Implant Material
Edited by Professor Duncan Dowson, Advances in Medical Tribology, includes contributions from the eminent engineers, scientists, amd clinicians in this field. This important collection of papers, previously published as Special Issues of the Proceedings of Mechanical Engineers in the Journal of Engineering in Medicine, brings together some of the most imposrtant research and clinical findings in medical tribology.
Key Features:
* Provides a one-volume collection of the most important work in the field
* Key research and clinical findings
* Heavily illustrated
Engineers, tribologists, materials scientists, orthopaedics specialists, medical researchers, and any specialists concerned with joint replacement will find this a valuable source of information.
Mechanistic and morphological origins of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene wear debris in total joint relacement prostheses / A. Wang, C. Stark and J.H. Dumbleton
The importance of multidirectional motion on the wear of polyethylene / C.R. Bragdon ... [et al.]
Wear and morphology of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene wear particles from total hip replacements / P. Campbell ... [et al.]
A three-axis hip simulator for wear and friction studies on total hip prostheses / V O Saikko
Estimation of wear in total hip replacement using a ten station hip simulator / K. Brummitt and CS Hardaker
Effect of counterface material on the characteristics of retrieved uncemented cobalt-chromium and titanium alloy total hip replacements / K. Brummitt ... [et al.]
Wear in retrieved Charnley acetabular sockets / R M Hall ... [et al.]
An investigation into the origins of time-dependent variation in penetration rates with Charnley accetabular cups : wear, creep, or degradation? / G H Isaac, D Dowson and B M Wroblewski
Theory and practice of meniscal knee replacement : designing against wear / J J O'Connor and J W Goodfellow
Metal-on-metal articulation for artificial hip joints : laboratory study and clinical results / RM Streicher ... [et al.]
Application of numerical descriptors to the characterization of wear particles obtained from joint replacements / GW Stachowiak, GB Stachowiak and P Campbell
The size and shape of particulate polyethylene wear debris on total joint replacements / A. Kobayashi ... [et al.]
The wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene sliding on metallic and ceramic counterfaces representative of current femoral surfaces in joint replacement / J G Lancaster, D Dowson and J Fisher
Charnley wear model for validation of hip simulators : ball diameter versus polytetraflouroethylene and polyethylene wear / IC Clarke ... [et al.]
Development of a six station knee wear simulator and preliminary wear results / IC Burgess ... [et al.]
Factors contributing to the wear of polyethylene in clinical practice / ID Learmonth and JL Cunningham
The pathogenesis of osteolysis in two different cementless hip replacements / ID Learmonth, EJ Smith and JL Cunningham
The role of polyethylene wear in joint replacement failure / MA McGee ... [et al.]
Clinical wear behaviour of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene cups paired with metal and ceramic ball heads in comparison to metal-on-metal pairings of hip joint replacements / M Semlitsch and HG Willert
Kinematics of the MATCO[superscript registered trademark symbol] hip simulator and issues related to wear testing of metal-metal implants / JB Medley ... [et al.]
Frictional heating of bearing materials tested in a hip joint wear simulator / Z Lu and H McKellop
Wear in the high-density polyethylene socket in total hip arthroplasty and its role in endosteal cavitation / BW Wroblewski
Development of standards for orthopaedic implants / JP Paul
The importance of multidirectional motion on the wear of polyethylene / C.R. Bragdon ... [et al.]
Wear and morphology of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene wear particles from total hip replacements / P. Campbell ... [et al.]
A three-axis hip simulator for wear and friction studies on total hip prostheses / V O Saikko
Estimation of wear in total hip replacement using a ten station hip simulator / K. Brummitt and CS Hardaker
Effect of counterface material on the characteristics of retrieved uncemented cobalt-chromium and titanium alloy total hip replacements / K. Brummitt ... [et al.]
Wear in retrieved Charnley acetabular sockets / R M Hall ... [et al.]
An investigation into the origins of time-dependent variation in penetration rates with Charnley accetabular cups : wear, creep, or degradation? / G H Isaac, D Dowson and B M Wroblewski
Theory and practice of meniscal knee replacement : designing against wear / J J O'Connor and J W Goodfellow
Metal-on-metal articulation for artificial hip joints : laboratory study and clinical results / RM Streicher ... [et al.]
Application of numerical descriptors to the characterization of wear particles obtained from joint replacements / GW Stachowiak, GB Stachowiak and P Campbell
The size and shape of particulate polyethylene wear debris on total joint replacements / A. Kobayashi ... [et al.]
The wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene sliding on metallic and ceramic counterfaces representative of current femoral surfaces in joint replacement / J G Lancaster, D Dowson and J Fisher
Charnley wear model for validation of hip simulators : ball diameter versus polytetraflouroethylene and polyethylene wear / IC Clarke ... [et al.]
Development of a six station knee wear simulator and preliminary wear results / IC Burgess ... [et al.]
Factors contributing to the wear of polyethylene in clinical practice / ID Learmonth and JL Cunningham
The pathogenesis of osteolysis in two different cementless hip replacements / ID Learmonth, EJ Smith and JL Cunningham
The role of polyethylene wear in joint replacement failure / MA McGee ... [et al.]
Clinical wear behaviour of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene cups paired with metal and ceramic ball heads in comparison to metal-on-metal pairings of hip joint replacements / M Semlitsch and HG Willert
Kinematics of the MATCO[superscript registered trademark symbol] hip simulator and issues related to wear testing of metal-metal implants / JB Medley ... [et al.]
Frictional heating of bearing materials tested in a hip joint wear simulator / Z Lu and H McKellop
Wear in the high-density polyethylene socket in total hip arthroplasty and its role in endosteal cavitation / BW Wroblewski
Development of standards for orthopaedic implants / JP Paul
Duncan Dowson CBE FRS FREng is a British engineer, and professor emeritus at the University of Leeds.
