Advanced preclinical testing of a design-optimized ceramic bearing for a cervical total disc replacement
Friction values were found to be comparable to or higher than those typically reported for ceramic-on-ceramic hip replacements. Furthermore, the results indicated that the optimized bearing design is sufficiently resistant to subluxation. Significance: Test protocols to investigate safety and tribology of cervical TDRs are proposed and their results are reported for a design-optimized ceramic TDR bearing.
Authors
- Benedikt Helgason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8324-2651)
- Andrew R. Beadling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-0140)
- Richard M. Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5504-6717)
- Lucia Kölle
- Stephen J. Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-5889)
- Michael Bryant
- Gregory Pryce
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339851
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00