Complete knee replacement surgery
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In normal activities such as walking, rnning, kneeling, climbing stairs and gettmg in and out of chairs the loa pu OI.the human knee joint can exceed five times the weight of the body. Nowadays large numbers of people make ! urtrer d mands on the knee in participatmg 1_n sucli sport as football, tennis and long distance runnng. It is no wonder that many people go mto their later years with one knee ?r oth knees so badly deteriorated as to cnpplmg. It is now possible to. replace such a knee with a mechanical device that imitates the subtle and complex motions of which around knee is capable. In this article the use of a n_ew kmd f artificial knee ( Sp hero Cen tenc Knee) is discussed. the indications and advantages of this new device which is currently have been used are encountered, but patients, surgeons and engineers have beE:n. wrrned that the natural human ki:1ee Jomt is a remarkable product and also ca1;1 be imitated with increasing success, it will 11ever be duplicated.
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volume 7 issue 1
pages 117- 125
publication date 1981-03
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