Friction, Lubrication and Wear of Artificial Joints
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Author(s): I. Hutchings (Ed.)
Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishers
ISBN: 1860583636
Format: hardback
133pp
Price: £55.00
Review Date: 07 February 2003
Review: Every year more than a million patients worldwide have a joint prosthesis implanted, mostly in the hips or knees. This number is likely to increase with demands of mobility for an increasingly-ageing population. The tribology of artificial prosthesis poses many problems. Some of these were discussed in these papers given at a meeting in Leeds in 2000. They cover such areas as: a biotribology review; generation and biological activity of wear debris; wear measurement and component geometry; soft-layer and hard-bearing surfaces in hip replacements; lubricating film thickness in hip prostheses; wear of ceramic-on-ceramic joint replacements; advances in simulator testing; and validation of knee simulator wear.