Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 550-559, July 2006

Assessment of hip protectors and corresponding hip fracture risk using stress calculation in the femoral neck

Empa, Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Protection and Physiology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Received 23 December 2004; received in revised form 18 August 2005; accepted 8 September 2005. published online 09 November 2005.

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PII: S1350-4533(05)00189-X

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.09.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 550-559, July 2006

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