Standardized Loads Acting in Hip Implants.

With the increasing success of hip joint replacements, the average age of patients has decreased, patients have become more active and their expectations of the implant durability have risen. Thus, pre-clinical endurance tests on hip implants require defining realistic in vivo loads from younger and...

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Main Authors: Georg Bergmann, Alwina Bender, Jörn Dymke, Georg Duda, Philipp Damm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4873223?pdf=render