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Hip Joint

Known as: Acetabulofemoral Joint, Coxofemoral Joint, Articulatio coxofemoralis 
The joint that is formed by the articulation of the head of FEMUR and the ACETABULUM of the PELVIS.
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

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25 relations
Arthrodesis of hip (procedure)Blood supply aspectsBody partBone structure of acetabulum

Narrower (5)

Cleidorhizomelic syndromeSpondylometaphyseal dysplasia, 'corner fracture' typeStructure of labrum of acetabulumStructure of pubofemoral ligament

Broader (3)

Hip structureJointsSynovial joint structure

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
C-arm based navigation in total hip arthroplasty-background and clinical experience.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Mathematical estimation of stress distribution in normal and dysplastic human hips
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
In vitro methods to study staphylococcal biofilm formation.
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
1992
Highly Cited
1992
On the material and the tribology of alumina-alumina couplings for hip joint prostheses.
The yearly sphericity deviation ranged from 0.03 mu to 3.7 mm in 48 retrieved implants with alumina--alumina bearing balls and… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Biomechanical analysis of selected principles of hip joint protection.
  • D. Neumann
  • Arthritis care and research : the official…
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 36429601
This review article discusses the role of the hip abductor muscles in the generation of forces at the hip joint. The… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Cemented total hip prosthesis: radiographic and scintigraphic evaluation.
Conventional radiographs, technetium-99m bone scans, and gallium-67 scans were reviewed in 44 patients who had undergone cemented… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Passive joint position sense after total hip replacement surgery
Passive joint position sense was tested in 10 subjects after unilateral total hip replacement surgery (which included… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Total hip replacement in the previously septic hip.
Total hip replacement was performed in either one or two stages in thirty-three hips with active sepsis. The sepsis had followed… 
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… 
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