Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 87-92 , January 2007

Prediction of lubrication regimes in two-piece metacarpophalangeal prostheses

Received 23 November 2005 ,Accepted 2 February 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00041-5

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.02.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 87-92 , January 2007