Vesa Saikko

Wear simulation of total hip prostheses with polyethylene against CoCr, alumina and diamond-like carbon

Vesa Saikko, Tiina Ahlroos, Olof Calonius et al. · Biomaterials · 2001 · 159 citations

Materials Science, Diamond-like Carbon, Engineering +10

Effect of contact pressure on wear and friction of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene in multidirectional sliding

Vesa Saikko · Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine · 2006 · 146 citations · Full text

Engineering, Wear Model, Mechanical Engineering +16

A multidirectional motion pin-on-disk wear test method for prosthetic joint materials

Vesa Saikko · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research · 1998 · 122 citations

Wear of the polyethylene acetabular cup: Metallic and ceramic heads compared in a hip simulator

Vesa Saikko, P.O. Paavolainen, P Slätis · Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica · 1993 · 107 citations

Slide track analysis of the relative motion between femoral head and acetabular cup in walking and in hip simulators

Vesa Saikko, Olof Calonius · Journal of Biomechanics · 2002 · 102 citations

Bipedal Locomotion, Gait Analysis, Kinesiology +12