Wear Simulation of Ceramic-on-Crosslinked Polyethylene Hip Prostheses: A New Non-Oxide Silicon Nitride versus the Gold Standard Composite Oxide Ceramic Femoral Heads

Zirconia phase transformation in retrieved, wear simulated, and artificially aged ceramic femoral heads

(2017) Maria Parkes et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

Vitamin E-stabilized highly crosslinked polyethylenes: The role and effectiveness in total hip arthroplasty

(2017) Kengo Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE

In situ observation of lubricant film formation in THR considering real conformity: The effect of diameter, clearance and material

(2017) D. Nečas et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Does metal transfer affect the tribological behaviour of femoral heads? Roughness and phase transformation analyses on retrieved zirconia and Biolox® Delta composites

(2016) Saverio Affatato et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

A new protocol for wear testing of total knee prostheses from real joint kinematic data: Towards a scenario of realistic simulations of daily living activities

(2016) Sami Abdel-Jaber et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Lubrication within hip replacements – Implication for ceramic-on-hard bearing couples

(2016) D. Nečas et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

The biomaterials challenge: A comparison of polyethylene wear using a hip joint simulator

(2016) Saverio Affatato et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Advanced biomaterials in hip joint arthroplasty. A review on polymer and ceramics composites as alternative bearings

(2015) Saverio Affatato et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Wear simulation of total knee prostheses using load and kinematics waveforms from stair climbing

(2015) Sami Abdel-Jaber et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Strain-induced microstructural rearrangement in ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene for hip joints: A comparison between conventional and vitamin E-infused highly-crosslinked liners

(2013) Yasuhito Takahashi et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Advances in zirconia toughened alumina biomaterials for total joint replacement

(2013) Steven M. Kurtz et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

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

(2013) Mazen Al-Hajjar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART H-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE

Orthopedic applications of silicon nitride ceramics

(2012) B.S. Bal et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Retrieval analysis of three generations of Biolox® femoral heads: Spectroscopic and SEM characterisation

(2012) S. Affatato et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Effect of motion inputs on the wear prediction of artificial hip joints

(2012) Feng Liu et al.   TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Raman tensor analysis of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and its application to study retrieved hip joint components

(2010) Yasuhito Takahashi et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Vitamin E diffused, highly crosslinked UHMWPE: a review

(2010) Ebru Oral et al.   INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS

Characterization of protein degradation in serum-based lubricants during simulation wear testing of metal-on-metal hip prostheses

(2010) Victoria K. Maskiewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Surface Topology of Advanced Alumina/Zirconia Composite Femoral Head as Compared with Commercial Femoral Heads Made of Monolithic Zirconia

(2010) Giuseppe Pezzotti et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

A study of Biolox® delta subject to water lubricated reciprocating wear

(2010) L. Ma et al.   TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Mixing and matching in ceramic-on-metal hip arthroplasty: An in-vitro hip simulator study

(2009) Saverio Affatato et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Hip-simulator wear studies of an alumina-matrix composite (AMC) ceramic compared to retrieval studies of AMC balls with 1–7 years follow-up

(2009) I.C. Clarke et al.   WEAR

The effects of high dose irradiation on the cross-linking of vitamin E-blended ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

(2008) Ebru Oral et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Fabrication and Testing of Silicon Nitride Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty

(2008) B. Sonny Bal et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Advanced Ceramic Composite for Hip Prosthesis

(2008) Giuseppe Pezzotti et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY