Quantitative analysis of incongruity, contact areas and cartilage thickness in the human hip joint

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 192-204

  Eckstein, F ^a   Eisenhart Rothe, R V ^a   Landgraf, J ^a   Adam, C ^a   Loehe, F ^b   Muller Gerbl M ^a   Putz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage thickness; Contact areas; Hip joint; Incongruity; Joint space

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0030779247     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147930     Document Type: Article

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