Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 673-680 , July 2009

The femur as a musculo-skeletal construct: A free boundary condition modelling approach

Received 6 October 2008 ,Revised 23 December 2008 ,Accepted 31 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.12.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 673-680 , July 2009

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