Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 477-488 , May 2009

Cortical and interfacial bone changes around a non-cemented hip implant: Simulations using a combined strain/damage remodelling algorithm

Received 12 November 2008 ,Accepted 14 November 2008.

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