Morphometric analysis of all 24 hip muscles: A cadaveric study of 18 hip specimens with proposal of a new classification of muscles.

This is the first comprehensive anatomical morphometric study which includes all the 24 muscles acting on the hip joint. It generates a unique anatomical dataset comprising all necessary data for musculoskeletal modeling and arthroplasty implants of the hip joint. A new muscle classification was proposed based on compliance where muscles of the same group would exhibit similar compliance and functional anatomy.