title: The development of a two-dimensional stress-optical model of the os coxae.
abstract: On the basis of a previous analysis of the internal stress pattern of the os coxae two types of two-dimensional models for stress-optical analysis are developed and the experimental set-up and procedure are described. The models may be used in an analysis of the principal stress pattern changes following the insertion of various types of hip prostheses.
mesh_terms: D006615:Hip / Q000502:physiology*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013314:Stress, Mechanical