Abstract—To know the effectiveness of the application of polyurethane and stone germanium on Decker as a deterrent of knee osteoarthritis risk. This paper proposes general overview of an application of polyurethane and germanium stones on Decker as a deterrent knee osteoarthritis risk. The methods that are given in this paper are based on literature by seeing the potential application of polyurethane and germanium stones. The results presented in this paper, although not derived from the real application, are obtained from literatures according to the right knee joint flexion and good blood flow to the knee that can reduce Osteoarthritis risk by 5 times.

Index Terms—Germanium stone, osteoarthritis, polyurethane.

Fazar Dinata is with the Metallurgy and Material Department, University of Indonesia (e-mail: fazar.dinata@ui.ac.id).

Cite: Fazar Dinata, "Application Polyurethane and Stone Germanium as a Deterrent Risk of Osteoarthritis on Knee Decker," International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 426-428, 2012.