Effects of material properties of femora
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Dr. Harrie Weinans; Rik Huiskes; Henk J. Grootenboer
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Article
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1992
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract Bone loss around femoral hip stems is one of the problems threatening the longβterm fixation of uncemented stems. Many believe that this phenomenon is caused by reduced stresses in the bone (stress shielding). In the present study the mechanical consequences of different femoral stem ma