Research Development Committee

AAOS Research Symposia: Wear 2000

• Principal Investigators: Timothy M. Wright, PhD and Stuart B. Goodman, MD
• Dates: October 21-23, 2000
• Participants: Experts in biomechanics, biomaterials, biological science, medicine and surgery; young investigators beginning research careers in areas related to wear; and governmental agency representatives
• Purpose of Workshop: Understanding the clinical, biological, engineering, and materials factors that influence the wear process

Overview of Topics:

• The symposium was centered on a series of questions, posed to the participants in advance, on issues relevant to the Clinical, Biological and Design and Materials Aspects of implant wear