Numerical investigations of stress shielding in total hip prostheses

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 593-600

  Behrens, B A ^a   Wirth, C J ^b   Windhagen, H ^b   Nolte, I ^c   Meyer Lindenberg, A ^c   Bouguecha, A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Human femur; Maximal principal strain; Strain energy density; Stress shielding; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN FEMUR; MAXIMAL PRINCIPAL STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; STRESS SHIELDING; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN FEMORA; PRINCIPAL STRAIN;

BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIP PROSTHESES; SHIELDING; STRAIN ENERGY; WELDS; ARTHROPLASTY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN;

PROSTHETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 54749087206     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM139     Document Type: Article

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