MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF OSSEOINTEGRATED TRANSFEMORAL IMPLANT SYSTEMS
Osseointegrated transfemoral implants have been introduced as an alternative to conventional, socket-based prostheses for above knee amputees. This method is showing great promise; however, the frequency of device failure is of concern. As a means to understand some of these failures, this study inv...
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Language: | en en |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/5519 |