title: The shape of the acetabular cartilage surface and its role in hip joint contact stress.
abstract: The acetabular cartilage is normally represented as a spherical shape in orthopedic clinic and related researches. The aim of the study was to present a new mathematic representation with better fit to the acetabular cartilage surface and to investigate the role of its shape on the hip joint contact stress.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, China. dongyungu@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Dong-Yun
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Ke-Rong
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ya-Zhu
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013499:Surface Properties; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed