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17014854

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Despite the fundamental value of wear simulation studies to assess wear resistance of total joint replacements, neither specialised simulators nor established external conditions are available for the human ankle joint. The aim of the present study was to verify the suitability of a knee wear simulator to assess wear rates in ankle prostheses, and to report preliminary this rate for a novel three-component total ankle replacement design. Four intact 'small' size specimens of the Box ankle were analysed in a four-station knee wear simulator. Special component-to-actuator holders were manufactured and starting spatial alignment of the three-components was sought. Consistent load and motion cycles representing conditions at the ankle joint replaced exactly with the prosthesis design under analysis were taken from a corresponding mechanical model of the stance phase of walking. The weight loss for the three specimens, after two million cycles, was 32.68, 14.78, and 62.28mg which correspond to a linear penetration of 0.018, 0.008, and 0.034mm per million-cycle, respectively for the specimens #1, #2, and #3. The knee wear simulator was able to reproduce load-motion patterns typical of a replaced ankle. Motion of the meniscal bearing in between the tibial and talar components was smooth, this component remaining in place and in complete congruence with the metal components throughout the test.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-9290
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1871-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Meniscal wear at a three-component total ankle prosthesis by a knee joint simulator.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy. affatato@tecno.ior.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies