New functional and biomechanical assessments for the improvement of the surgical navigation systems for joint replacement in the human lower limb

In case of severe osteoarthritis at the knee causing pain, deformity, and loss of stability and mobility, the clinicians consider that the substitution of these surfaces by means of joint prostheses. The objectives to be pursued by this surgery are: complete pain elimination, restoration of the norm...

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Main Author: Belvedere, Claudio <1974>
Other Authors: Cappello, Angelo
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2009
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/1499/