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In vivo measured joint friction in hip implants during walking after a short rest

INTRODUCTION: It has been suspected that friction in hip implants is higher when walking is initiated after a resting period than during continuous movement. It cannot be excluded that such increased initial moments endanger the cup fixation in the acetabulum, overstress the taper connections in the...

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Autores principales: Damm, Philipp, Bender, Alwina, Duda, Georg, Bergmann, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5370152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28350858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174788