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Structural Simulation of a Bone-Prosthesis System of the Knee Joint

Sensors, 2008
In surgical knee replacement, the damaged knee joint is replaced with artificial prostheses. An accurate clinical evaluation must be carried out before applying knee prostheses to ensure optimal outcome from surgical operations and to reduce the ...
Aivars Zemitis, Giovanni Russo, Julia Orlik, Gaetano Impoco, Giovanni q M. Farinella, Giuseppe Bilotta, Sebastiano Battiato, Heiko Andrä   +7 more
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Biomechanical effects of adding an articulating toe joint to a passive foot prosthesis for incline and decline walking.

PLoS ONE
Walking on sloped surfaces is challenging for many lower limb prosthesis users, in part due to the limited ankle range of motion provided by typical prosthetic ankle-foot devices.
Rachel H Teater, Karl E Zelik, Kirsty A McDonald   +2 more
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The Investigation Of A 3-D Human Hip Joint Under The Effect Of Concentrated Force By Using Finite Element Method

Sakarya Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2012
In this study, a three dimensionally modeled human hip joint with and without prosthesis was investigated by using finite element method. In scope of the study, 3 different types of cemented prosthesis namely; Charnley, Muller and Hipokrat were used ...
Mehmet Emin Çetin, Hasan Sofuoğlu
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An innovative total temporomandibular joint prosthesis with customized design and 3D printing additive fabrication: a prospective clinical study

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2019
Background Total temporomandibular joint (TMJ) prosthesis is an effective and reliable method of joint reconstruction. However, there is still an urgent need to design a new TMJ prosthesis because of no commercially available TMJ prosthesis appropriate ...
JiSi Zheng, XuZhuo Chen, WenBo Jiang, ShanYong Zhang, MinJie Chen, Chi Yang   +5 more
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Intelligent ankle–foot prosthesis based on human structure and motion bionics

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
The ankle–foot prosthesis aims to compensate for the missing motor functions by fitting the motion characteristics of the human ankle, which contributes to enabling the lower-limb amputees to take care of themselves and improve mobility in daily life. To
Baoyu Li, Guanghua Xu, Zhicheng Teng, Dan Luo, Jinju Pei, Ruiquan Chen, Sicong Zhang   +6 more
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Prosthetic joint infection caused by Granulicatella adiacens: a case series and review of literature

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2017
Background Bone and joint infection involving Granulicatella adiacens is rare, and mainly involved in cases of bacteremia and infectious endocarditis. Here we report three cases of prosthetic joint infection involving G.
Fanny Quénard, Piseth Seng, Jean-Christophe Lagier, Florence Fenollar, Andreas Stein   +4 more
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Total temporomandibular joint alloplastic reconstruction

Revista Dor
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Temporomandibular disorders are made up of a variety of diseases involving masticatory muscles, temporomandibular joint or both.
Felipe Mussi Ferreira, Rafael Schlogel Cunali, Daniel Bonotto, Aguinaldo Coelho de Farias, Paulo Afonso Cunali   +4 more
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Van Nes rotationplasty in two patients with congenital femoral deficiency

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020
Congenital femoral deficiencies have a wide spectrum ranging from simple hypoplasia to complete femoral aplasia. They are often associated with congenital shortening of the tibia and fibular hemimelia.
Korhan Ozkan, Mehmet Kocaoglu, Levent Eralp, Firat Yagmurlu   +3 more
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Viability of pHEMA Hydrogels as Coating in Human Synovial Joint Prosthesis

Materials Research, 2002
In artificial joints, the bone part is usually substituted by a metallic component with high corrosion and strength resistance while the articular cartilage is replaced by a polymer.
V.P. Bavaresco, C.A.C. Zavaglia, S.M. Malmonge, M.C. Reis   +3 more
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Our Positive and Negative Deductions regarding the Results of Tumor Prostheses after Resection of Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Proximal Humerus

The Anatolian Journal of Family Medicine, 2019
INTRODUCTION[|]The aim of modular tumor prostheses for primary and metastatic tumors of the proximal humerus is to provide the maximum possible physical, psychological and social activity despite the wide resection areas.
Ertuğrul Allahverdi, Yusuf Yıldız
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