Femoral Stress Changes after Total Hip Arthroplasty with the Ribbed Prosthesis: A Finite Element Analysis.

Changqi Luo Xiang-Dong WuYifei WanJunyi LiaoQiang ChengMian TianZhibiao BaiWei Huang

Published in: BioMed research international (2020)

The Ribbed prosthesis can cause significant stress shielding effect in the proximal femur. These results may help optimize prosthetic design to reduce stress shielding effect and improve clinical outcomes.

Keyphrases

total hip arthroplasty
finite element analysis
stress induced
heat stress
postmenopausal women