A novel sideways fall simulator to study hip fractures ex vivo.

A novel sideways fall simulator to study hip fractures ex vivo.

Falls to the side are the leading cause of hip fractures in the elderly. The load that a person experiences during a fall cannot be measured with volunteers for ethical reasons. To evaluate injurious loads, while considering relevant energy input and body posture for a sideways fall, a subject-speci...

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Main Authors: Ingmar Fleps, Muriel Vuille, Angela Melnyk, Stephen J Ferguson, Pierre Guy, Benedikt Helgason, Peter A Cripton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6057661?pdf=render

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