Biomechancal response of new femoral components for patellofemoral arthroplasty

One of the major reasons for the failure of currently available knee implants is the stress shielding effect. The implant acts as a “shield of loads”, which means that loads are not distributed throughout the bone tissue and, consequently, the rate of bone remodeling decreases. The purpose for this...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Castro, André (author)
Outros Autores: Completo, António (author), Simões, José A. (author), Flores, Paulo (author)
Formato: conferencePaper
Idioma:por
Publicado em: 2011
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/12360
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/12360