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Head of femur

Known as: femur head of, Femoral Head, Heads, Femur 
The hemispheric articular surface at the upper extremity of the thigh bone. (Stedman, 26th ed)
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mathematical estimation of stress distribution in normal and dysplastic human hips
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Phase transformation of a zirconia ceramic head after total hip arthroplasty.
We report two cases of surface deterioration of a zirconia ceramic femoral head associated with phase transformation after total… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Zirconia as a sliding material: histologic, laboratory, and clinical data.
Zirconia ceramics have been introduced in orthopaedic surgery as prosthetic femoral heads to solve the critical issue of femoral… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A frictional study of total hip joint replacements.
Polymeric wear debris produced by articulation of the femoral head against the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene socket of… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Long-term results of uncemented alumina acetabular implants.
We report the clinical and tribological performance of 67 ceramic acetabular prostheses implanted between 1976 and 1979 without… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Polyethylene wear in cemented metal-backed acetabular cups.
We examined radiographic polyethylene wear in 233 cemented total hip arthroplasties (201 patients) with either a metal-backed or… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A tribological study of retrieved hip prostheses.
One hundred Charnley cemented acetabular cups, 78 of which had the associated femoral stems, were obtained after revision surgery… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
A contact-coupled finite element analysis of the natural adult hip.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Changes in shape of the human hip joint during its development and their relation to its stability.
1. Dissection of forty-four developing human hip joints has shown that while the embryonic acetabulum is a deeply set cavity… 
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Lesions of the skeleton and of other mesodermal tissues in rats fed sweet-pea (Lathyrus odoratus) seeds.
Diets containing Lathyrus odoratus seeds fed to rats produce a hitherto unrecognized lesion in the epiphyseal plates. These are… 
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