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I am preparing my presentation for symposium in Berlin on February
13, on the pre-operative planning of total hip replacement. Using
the hip-Op and related tedhnologies we are looking at how the
varibility of the implant positioning during planning affects
biomechanical parameters such as skeletal range of motion of implant
fitting.
One thing we computed is how the rest length of the hip muscle
changes because of the relocation of the joint centre due to the
total hip replacement. We got some nice numbers, but I am in trouble
with their intepretation. What is the maximum % increase in length
that we can consider acceptable, i.e. done without damaging the
muscle or producing major pain?
I tried a medline search but I need some initial focus or I get lost
in the mare magnum of the muscle biomechanics literature.
Help ....
Marco
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MARCO VICECONTI, PhD (viceconti@tecno.ior.it)
Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica tel. 39-051-6366865
Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli fax. 39-051-6366863
via di barbiano 1/10, 40136 - Bologna, Italy
Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright in the forest of the night,
what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?
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13, on the pre-operative planning of total hip replacement. Using
the hip-Op and related tedhnologies we are looking at how the
varibility of the implant positioning during planning affects
biomechanical parameters such as skeletal range of motion of implant
fitting.
One thing we computed is how the rest length of the hip muscle
changes because of the relocation of the joint centre due to the
total hip replacement. We got some nice numbers, but I am in trouble
with their intepretation. What is the maximum % increase in length
that we can consider acceptable, i.e. done without damaging the
muscle or producing major pain?
I tried a medline search but I need some initial focus or I get lost
in the mare magnum of the muscle biomechanics literature.
Help ....
Marco
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MARCO VICECONTI, PhD (viceconti@tecno.ior.it)
Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica tel. 39-051-6366865
Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli fax. 39-051-6366863
via di barbiano 1/10, 40136 - Bologna, Italy
Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright in the forest of the night,
what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?
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Opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of my employer
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