Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 739-748 , September 2007

Finite element modelling of the pelvis: Inclusion of muscular and ligamentous boundary conditions

  • A.T.M. Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Edinburgh Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Imperial College London, Structural Engineering Section, Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, Skempton Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Tel.: +44 207 594 6081
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  • P. Pankaj

      Affiliations

    • Edinburgh Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • School of Engineering and Electronics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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  • C.R. Howie

      Affiliations

    • Edinburgh Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Department of Orthopaedics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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  • A.S. Usmani

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering and Electronics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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  • A.H.R.W. Simpson

      Affiliations

    • Edinburgh Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Department of Orthopaedics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Received 24 May 2006 ,Revised 30 August 2006 ,Accepted 31 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.08.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 739-748 , September 2007

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