A system for modelling forces on the hip joint in one-legged stance.
We describe a method of testing hip prostheses. The prosthesis is implanted in a proximal section of femur, which is loaded to model the forces applied through the acetabulum via the greater trochanter.
Tanner
K E
KE
Department of Materials, Queen Mary College, London, UK.
Reed
P E
PE
Bonfield
W
W
Rasmussen
G L
GL
Freeman
M A
MA
D006621:Hip Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008954:Models, Biological