Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 1305-1317 , December 2008

Tribology and total hip joint replacement: Current concepts in mechanical simulation

  • S. Affatato

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 0516366864; fax: +39 0516366863.
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  • M. Spinelli

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
    • DMTI, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
    • ,
  • M. Zavalloni

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • C. Mazzega-Fabbro

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
    • DMRN, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
    • ,
  • M. Viceconti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

Received 28 February 2008 ,Revised 16 July 2008 ,Accepted 18 July 2008.

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