Biomechanical analysis of the wrist arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis: a finite element analysis

• Main Authors: Bajuri, Mohd. Nazri, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Murali, Malliga Raman, Tunku Zainol Abidin, Tunku Kamarul Zaman
• Format: Article
• Published: International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/50544/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11517-012-0982-9

The total replacement of wrists affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has had mixed outcomes in terms of failure rates. This study was therefore conducted to analyse the biomechanics of wrist arthroplasty using recently reported implants that have shown encouraging results with the aim of providing...