Fuji Prescale Pressure Sensitive Film Resources

The following papers provide valuable resources on the use and characteristics of Fuji film, and other closely-related subjects, with an emphasis on biomechanics:

Afoke NYP, Byers PD and Hutton WC (1987). Contact pressures in the human hip joint. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 69B(4):536-541.

Ahmed AM (1992). The load-bearing role of the knee menisci. In Knee meniscus: Basic and clinical foundations, edited by V.C. Mow, S.P. Arnoczky and DW Jackson. Raven Press, New York, p. 59-73.

Anzel SH and Lee TQ (1990) Biomechanics of patellofemoral joint disorders: In vitro human cadaver study. Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports 28(1):47-49.

Aritomi H, Morita M and Yonemoto K (1983). A simple method of measuring the footsole pressure of normal subjects using Prescale pressure-detecting sheets. Journal of Biomechanics 16(2):157-165.

Aritomi H, Yonemoto K and Morita M (1983). Measurement of hte footsole pressure distribution of normal subjects by pressure sensitive film. Journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association 57:341-349.

Ateshian GA, Kwak SD, Soslowsky LJ and Mow VC (1994). A stereophotogrammetric method for determining in situ contact areas in diarthrodial joints, and a comparison with other methods. Journal of Biomechanics 27(1):111-124.

Augsburger S, Necking L, Horton J, Bach AW and Tencer AF (1992). A comparison of scapholunate dissociation. Journal of Hand Surgery 17A(2):360-369.

Bay BK, Hamel AJ, Olson SA and Sharkey NA (1997). Statically equivalent load and support conditions produce different hip joint contact pressures and periacetabular strains. Journal of Biomechanics 30:193-196.

Bourgois R and Bel J (1993). A new cheap pressure foil. Strain 29(1):27-28.

Brown TD, Pope DF, Hale JA, Buckwater JA and Brand RA (1991). Effects of osteochondral defect size on cartilage contact stress. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 9(4):559-567.

Bylski-Austrow DI, Malumed J, Meade T and Grood ES (1993). Knee joint contact pressure decreases after chronic meniscectomy relative to the acutely meniscectomized joint: A mechanical study in the goat. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 11(6):796-804.

Caldwell NJ, Hale JE, Rudert JM and Brown TD (1993). An algorithm for approximate crinkle artifact compensation in pressure-sensitive film recordings. Journal of Biomechanics 26(8):1001-1009.

Collier JP, Mayor MB, McNamara JL Surprenant VA and Jensen RE (1991). Analysis of the failure of 122 polyethylene inserts from uncemented tibial knee components. Clinical Orthopaedics 273:232-242.

Collier JP, McNamara JL, Surprenant VA, Jensen RE and Surprenant HP (1991). All-polyethylene patellar components are not the answer. Clinical Orthopaedics 273:198-203.

Fukubayashi T and Kurosawa H (1980). The contact area and pressure distribution pattern of the knee: A study of normal and osteoarthrotic knees. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica 51:871-879.

Hale JE and Brown TD (1992). Contact stress gradient detection limits of Pressensor film. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 114(3):352-357.

Harris ML, Morberg P, Bruce WJM and Walsh WR (1999). An improved method for measuring tibiofemoral contact areas in total knee arthroplasty: a comparison of K-scan sensor and Fuji film. Journal of Biomechanics 32:951-958.

Haut RC (1989). Contact pressures in the patellofemoral joint during impact loading on the human flexed knee. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 7(2):272-280.

Haut RC, Ile TM and DeCamp CE (1995). Mechanical responses of the rabbit patello-femoral joint to blunt impact. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 117:402-408.

Hehne HJ, Ficker E, Jantz W, Mahr D and Schopf HJ (1981). A new method for measurements of pressure distributions and contact areas in joints. Morphol. Med. 1:95-106.

Hehne HJ, Haberland H, Hultzsch W and Jantz W (1982). Measurements of two dimensional pressure distributions and contact areas of a joint using a pressure sensitive foil. In Biomechanics: Principles and applications, edited by R. Huiskes, D.H. Van Campen and J.R. De Wijn. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, p. 197-203.

Hsu H, Garg A, Walker PS, Spector M and Ewald FC (1989). Effects of knee component alignment on tibial load distribution with clinical correlation. Clinical Orthopaedics 248:135-144.

Huberti HH and Hayes WC (1984). Patellofemoral contact pressures; the influence of Q-angle and tendofemoral contact. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 66A(5):715-723.

Inaba M and Arai M (1989). A method for measuring contact pressures instantaneously in articular joints. Journal of Biomechanics 22(11):1293-1296.

Jin ZM, Stewart T, Auger DD and Dowson D. Contact pressure prediction in total knee joint replacements. Part 2: Application to the design of total knee joint replacement. Engineering in Medicine 209:9-15.

Lee TQ, Anzel SH, Bennett KA, Pang D and Kim WC (1994). The influence of fixed rotations deformaties of the femur on the patellofemoral contact pressures in human cadaver knees. Clinical Orthopaedics 302:69-74.

Marder RA, Swanson TV, Sharkey NA and Duwelius PJ (1993). Effects of partial patellectomy and reattachment of the patellar tendon on patellofemoral contact areas and pressures. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 75A(1):35-45.

McNamara JL, Collier JP, Mayor MB and Jensen RE (1994). Comparison of contact pressure in tibial and patellar total knee components before and after service in vivo. Cinical Orthopaedics 302:69-74.

Minns RJ (1988). Wear and contact stress studies of the Minns meniscal knee prosthesis. Engineering in Medicine 17(3):135-138.

Pan HQ, Kish V, Boyd RD, Burr DB and Radin EL (1993). The Maquet procedure: Effect of tibial shingle length on patellofemoral pressures. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 11(2):199-204.

Ronsky JL, Herzog W, Brown TD, Pederson DR, Grood ES and Butler DL (1995). In vivo quantification of the cat patellofemoral joint contact stresses and areas. Journal of Biomechanics 28:977-983.

Sangeorzan BJ, Wagner UA, Harrington RM and Tencer AF (1992). Contact characteristics of the subtalar joint: The effect of talar neck misalignment. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 10(4):544-551.

Sangeorzan BJ, Tencer AF, Wagner U and Harrington RM (1990). Contact pressure in the hindfoot. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 28:53-54.

Singerman RJ, Pedersen DR and Brown TD (1987). Quantitation of pressure-sensitive film using digital image scanning. Experimental Mechanics 27(1):99-105.

Skyhar MJ, Warren RF, Ortiz GJ, Schwartz E and Otis JC (1993). The effects of sectioning of the posterior cruciate ligament and the posterolateral complex on the articular contact pressures within the knee. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 75A(5):694-699.

Stewart T, Shaw D, Auger DD, Stone M and Fisher J (1995). Experimental and theorectical study of the contact mechanics of five total knee joint replacements. Engineering in Medicine 209:225-231.

Stormont TJ, An KN, Morrey BF and Chao EY (1985). Elbow joint contact study: Comparison of techniques. Journal of Biomechanics 18(5):329-336.

Szivek JA, Anderson PL and Benjamin JB (1996). Average and peak contact stress distribution evaluation of total knee arthroplasties. Journal of Arthroplasty 11:952-963.

Szivek JA (1994). Tibio-femoral contact stress and stress distribution evaluation of total knee replacements. Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports 30-31:257-258.

Takeuchi T, Lathi VK, Khan AM and Hayes WC (1995). Patellofemoral contact pressures exceed the compressive yield strength of UHMWPE in total knee arthroplasties. Journal of Arthroplasty 10:363-368.

Tencer AF, Viegas SF, Cantrell J, Chang M, Clegg P, Hicks C, O'Meara C and Williamson JB (1988). Pressure distribution in the wrist joint. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 6(4) 509-517.

von Eisenhart-Rothe R, Eckstein F, Muller-Gerbl M, Landgraf J, Rock C and Putz R (1997). Direct comparison of contact areas, contact stress and subchondral mineralization in human hip joint specimens. Anatomy and Embryology 195:279-288.

von Eisenhart-Rothe R, Adam C, Steinlechner M, Muller-Gerbl M and Eckstein F (1999). Quantitative determination of joint incongruity and pressure distribution during simulated gait and cartilage thickness in the human hip joint. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 17:532-539.

Wagner UA, Sangeorzan BJ, Harrington RM and Tencer AF (1992). Contact characteristics of the subtalar joint: Load distribution between the anterior and posterior facets. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 10(4):535-543.

Werner FW, Murphy DJ and Palmer AK (1984). Pressures in the distal radioulnar joint: Effect of surgical procedures used for Kienbock's disease. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 7(3):445-450.

Wang C-L, Cheng C-K, Chen C-W, Lu C-M, Hang Y-S and Liu T-K (1995). Contact areas and pressure distributions in the subtalar joint. Journal of Biomechanics 28:269-279.

Witte MW, Hovanesian JD and Hovanesian JA (1995). A tomographic technique for determining contact stress. Experimental Techniques 19:9-12.

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