Total hip joint prosthesis for in vivo m
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Philipp Damm; Friedmar Graichen; Antonius Rohlmann; Alwina Bender; Georg Bergman
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A new instrumented hip joint prosthesis was developed which allows the in vivo measurement of the complete contact loads in the joint, i.e. 3 force and 3 moment components. A clinically proven standard implant was modified. Inside the hollow neck, 6 semiconductor strain gauges are applied to measure