Compression or tension The stress distribution in the proximal femur.docVIP

BioMedical Engineering OnLine BioMedCentral Research Open Access Compression or tension? The stress distribution in the proximal femur KE Rudman, RM Aspden* and JR Meakin Address: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK Email: KE Rudman - k.rudman@abdn.ac.uk; RM Aspden* - r.aspden@abdn.ac.uk; JR Meakin - j.meakin@abdn.ac.uk * Corresponding author Published: 20 February 2006 Received: 28 October 2005 Accepted: 20 February 2006 BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2006, 5:12 doi:10.1186/1475-925X-5-12 This article is available from: /conten