Advances in Medical Tribology Orthopaedic Implants and Implant Material

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