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Evaluating the Surface Topography of Pyrolytic Carbon Finger Prostheses through Measurement of Various Roughness Parameters

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Andrew Naylor, Professor Tom Joyce

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Abstract

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 (S_a); root mean-square roughness (S_q); skewness (S_sk); and kurtosis (S_ku). 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. S_a, S_q and S_sk correlated negatively with radius (p = 0.001, 0.001, 0.023), whilst S_ku 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.

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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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