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Photoelastic stress freezing analysis of total shoulder replacement systems

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Photoelastic stress freezing analyses in the orthopaedic literature have, in the past, been limited to studies where bone-on-bone, bone-on-metal or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)-on-metal constructs are modeled. In these cases photoelastic plastics are used to simulate either bone or UHMWPE as it interacts with a metal implant. In joints such as the shoulder, a UHMWPE component is often cemented directly into the scapula's glenoid concavity using polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). While a photoelastic material can be used to simulate bone with proper load scaling, UHMWPE and PMMA have very different mechanical properties at elevated stress freezing temperatures as compared within vivo body temperature. In this study, materials were identified such that proper scaling of elastic properties at elevated temperatures was utilized to simulate the metal-UHMWPE-PMMA-bone construct. Stresses on orthogonal planes throughout the glenoid were compared for two different UHMWPE component anchoring geometries (keeled and pegged). High stresses were found at the neck of the glenoid and also at the component-bone interface beneath simulated PMMA inclusions.

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  1. Orthopaedic Engineering Research Laboratory, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, 28203, Charlotte, NC, USA

    R. D. Peindl PhD (Director, SEM member) & M. E. Harrow MS (Engineer II)

  2. Miller Orthopaedic Clinic, 1001 Blythe Boulevard, 28203, Charlotte, NC, USA

    P. M. Connor MD (Orthopaedic Surgeon) & D. F. D'Alessandro MD (Orthopaedic Surgeon)

  3. Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, 28203, Chorlotte, NC, USA

    D. M. Banks MD (Orthopaedic Fellow)

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Peindl, R.D., Harrow, M.E., Connor, P.M. et al. Photoelastic stress freezing analysis of total shoulder replacement systems. Experimental Mechanics 44, 228–234 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02427887

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