Femoral Neck Strain during Maximal Contraction of Isolated Hip-Spanning Muscle Groups

The aim of the study was to investigate femoral neck strain during maximal isometric contraction of the hip-spanning muscles. The musculoskeletal and the femur finite-element models from an elderly white woman were taken from earlier studies. The hip-spanning muscles were grouped by function in six...

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Main Author: Saulo Martelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2873789