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Knee
Does Patient Specific Total Knee Arthroplasty Add Value?
The classic total knee arthroplasty (TKA) mechanical alignment (MA) surgical procedure aspires to consistently establish neutral limb alignment and a coronal joint line perpendicular to the...
The Influence of Kinematic Alignment on Total Knee Replacement Performance During Walking Gait
The goals of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are to eliminate pain and restore knee function to enable a return to daily activities. The classic mechanical alignment (MA) surgical procedure aspires to...
The Influence of Mechanical Versus Kinematic Alignment on Knee Design Performance During Walking Gait
Relative motion at interacting implant surfaces generates wear debris over time leading to periprosthetic osteolysis and device failure. Factors related to implant design, patient habitus and...
Virtual Geometric Constraint of Total Knee Arthroplasty Designs: Addressing Patient Needs
Restoration of normal knee joint function through surgical reconstruction is dependent upon load sharing between the implant and surrounding ligamentous and other supporting structures. Pathological...
The Influence of Contemporary Knee Design on High Flexion IV: A Kinematic Comparison with the Healthy Intact Knee
Although Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) surgery enjoys 90% of outcomes with good to excellent results, some patients are uncomfortable adjusting their gait to accommodate the new articulations...
The Influence of Contemporary Knee Design on High Flexion III: A Kinematic Comparison with the Healthy Intact Knee
Although Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) surgery enjoys 90% of outcomes with good to excellent results, some patients are uncomfortable adjusting their gait to accommodate the new articulations...
High Flexion in Contemporary Total Knee Design: A Precursor of UHMWPE Damage? A Finite Element Study
The success of total knee arthroplasty has contributed to its widening application to a younger, more active patient population whose daily regimen includes more demanding high flexion activities....
Preclinical Computational Models: Promise and Progress in Total Knee Arthroplasty Design
Clinicians, manufacturers and regulatory agencies share a common goal of having safe and effective total knee arthroplasty (TKA) products available in the global marketplace. Preclinical...
Preclinical Computational Models: Predictors of Tibial Insert Damage Patterns in TKA
Manufacturers and regulatory agencies share a common goal of having safe and effective total knee arthroplasty (TKA) products available in the global marketplace. Several preclinical methods of...
Articular Cartilage Restoration: A Review of Currently Available Methods
Articular cartilage repair and restoration is an emerging clinical treatment option for patients with injury or disease of articular cartilage. An increasing body of clinical and scientific...
Articular Cartilage Restoration: A Review of Currently Available Methods for Repair of Articular Cartilage Defects
Articular cartilage repair and restoration is an emerging clinical treatment option for patients with injury or disease of articular cartilage. An increasing body of clinical and scientific...
The Influence of Contemporary Knee Design on High Flexion II: A Kinematic Comparison with the Normal Knee
Although Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) surgery enjoys 90% of outcomes with good to excellent results, some patients have difficulty adjusting their gait to accommodate the new articulations inherent...
The Influence of Contemporary Knee Design on High Flexion: A Kinematic Comparison with the Normal Knee
Although Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) surgery enjoys 90% of outcomes with good to excellent results, some patients have difficulty adjusting their gait to accommodate the new articulations inherent...
High Flexion in Contemporary Total Knee Design: A Precursor of UHMWPE Damage? A Finite Element Study
The success of total knee arthroplasty has contributed to its widening application to a younger, more active patient population who daily regimen includes more demanding high flexion activities....
Patello-Femoral Replacement Polymer Stress During Daily Activities: A Finite Element Study
Isolated, patello-femoral arthritis, although uncommon, has been reported to affect 8% of women and 2% of men over the age of 55. Both conservative and surgical non-arthroplasty interventions have...
Polymer Insert Stress in Total Knee Designs During High Flexion Activities: A Finite Element Study
The success of total knee arthroplasty has contributed to its widening application to a younger, more active patient population who daily regimen includes more demanding high flexion activities....
Tibial Plateau Abrasion in Mobile Bearing Knee Systems During Walking Gait III: A Finite Element Study
The abrasion observed in ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) total knee arthroplasty component retrievals is the result of high cyclical loads, which act on the tibial plateau during...
The Effects of Walking Gait on UHMWPE Damage in Unicompartmental Knee Systems: A Finite Element Study
There is increasing re-interest in the use of unicompartmental knee replacement as a remedy of choice for isolated compartment disease, although there is debate regarding its role as a temporizing...
Tibial Plateau Abrasion in Mobile Bearing Knee Systems During Walking Gait II: A Finite Element Study
The abrasion observed in ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) total knee arthroplasty component retrievals is the result of high cyclical loads, which act on the tibial plateau during...
Classification of Mobile Bearing Knee Design: Mobility and Constraint
Restoration of normal knee joint function through surgical reconstruction is dependent upon load sharing between the implant and surrounding soft tissue structures. Mobile bearing knee designs offer...
Tibial Plateau Abrasion in Mobile Bearing Knee Systems During Walking Gait: A Finite Element Study
The abrasion observed in ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) total knee arthroplasty component retrievals is the result of high cyclical loads, which act on the tibial plateau during...