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Low Friction Principle

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Low Friction Arthroplasty of the Hip

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The term low friction arthroplasty (or more correctly low frictional torque arthroplasty) was coined to emphasize the small diameter of the prosthetic head (22 mm) essential to the underlying theory. Low friction arthroplasty (LFA) is characterised even more particularly by the combination of a small prosthetic femoral head with a socket of maximum external diameter. Consequently the socket has maximum wall thickness.

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  1. University of Manchester, UK

    Professor Sir John Charnley C.B.E., F.R.S., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S (Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeon, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon)

  2. Centre for Hip Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 9EP, England

    Professor Sir John Charnley C.B.E., F.R.S., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S (Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeon, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon)

  3. King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex, UK

    Professor Sir John Charnley C.B.E., F.R.S., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S (Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeon, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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Charnley, J. (1979). Low Friction Principle. In: Low Friction Arthroplasty of the Hip. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67013-8_2

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