Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 465-471 , May 2007

Influence of femoral head size on impingement, dislocation and stress distribution in total hip replacement

  • Daniel Kluess

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Ernst-Heydemann-Strasse 6, D-18055 Rostock, Germany. Tel.: +49 381 494 7603; fax: +49 381 494 7602.
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  • Heiner Martin

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolfram Mittelmeier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus-Peter Schmitz

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
    • ,
  • Rainer Bader

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany

Received 28 June 2005 ,Revised 21 June 2006 ,Accepted 4 July 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00143-3

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.07.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 465-471 , May 2007

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