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Hip abductor moment arm - a mathematical analysis for proximal femoral replacement

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing proximal femoral replacement for tumor resection often have compromised hip abductor muscles resulting in a Trendelenberg limp and hip instability. Commercially available proximal femoral prostheses offer several designs with varying sites of attachment for the abduct...

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Autores principales: Henderson, Eric R, Marulanda, German A, Cheong, David, Temple, H Thomas, Letson, G Douglas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3247065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21266066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-6-6