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The articulating surfaces of four different sizes of unused pyrolytic carbon proximal interphalangeal prostheses (PIP) were evaluated though measuring several topographical parameters using a white light interferometer: average roughness (Sa); root mean-square roughness (Sq); skewness (Ssk); and kurtosis (Sku). The radii of the articulating surfaces were measured using a coordinate measuring machine, and were found to be: 2.5, 3.3, 4.2 and 4.7 mm for proximal, and 4.0, 5.1, 5.6 and 6.3 mm for medial components. ANOVA was used to assess the relationship between the component radii and each roughness parameter. Sa, Sq and Ssk correlated negatively with radius (p = 0.001, 0.001, 0.023), whilst Sku correlated positively with radius (p = 0.03). Ergo, the surfaces with the largest radii possessed the better topographical characteristics: low roughness, negative skewness, high kurtosis. Conversely, the surfaces with the smallest radii had poorer topographical characteristics.
Author(s): Naylor A, Talwalkar SC, Trail IA, Joyce TJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Functional Biomaterials
Year: 2016
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Online publication date: 14/04/2016
Acceptance date: 11/04/2016
Date deposited: 12/05/2016
ISSN (electronic): 2079-4983
Publisher: MDPI AG
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfb7020009
DOI: 10.3390/jfb7020009
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