Title
Effects of design parameters of total hip components on the impingement angle and determination of the preferred liner skirt shape with an adequate oscillation angle.
Abstract
The oscillation angle (OsA), which is the sum of the impingement angles on the two sides when the prosthetic neck sways from the neutral axis of the acetabular cup to the liner rim, is one of the most important factors that can affect the range of motion of an artificial hip joint. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of total hip component design on the impingement angle. Our findings show that an increase in cup depth of the liner restricts the motion of the neck and results in a reduced impingement angle, while an increase in chamfer angle increases the impingement angle until it reaches a critical value when a further increase no longer results in an increase in impingement angle. The impingement angle is not only dependent on the head/neck ratio, but also on the head size itself. For most arbitrarily chosen cup depths and chamfer angles, the neck only impacts at one point on the liner. This study proposes a suitable combination of cup depth and chamfer angle and a preferred impact mode, which, if impingement does occur, enables the neck to impinge on the liner rim over a large area. Cup-neck combinations that have an adequate OsA with maximum femoral head coverage are presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/s11517-012-1008-3
Med. Biol. Engineering and Computing
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Oscillation angle, Impingement angle, Acetabular cup liner
Journal
51
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
1741-0444
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.99
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hsiao-Che Lin193.00
Wei-Min Chi292.45
Ying-Jui Ho361.81
Jian-Horng Chen43412.63