Hip Biomechanics

I Hip Joint and Loading.- 1 Two-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis for Stress Distribution in Normal and Dysplastic Hips.- 2 Stress Distribution at Hip Joint During Level Walking.- 3 Biomechanical Studies of the Hip Utilizing Computer Simulation.- 4 -Overview- Estimation of Femoral Head Resultant Force with Three-Dimensional Rigid Body Spring Model.- II Hip Joint and Gait Analysis.- 5 Quantitative Analysis of the Limp in Coxarthrosis.- 6 Tridimensional Motion Analysis of Trunk Versus Pelvis Movement in Hip Abductor Lurch.- 7 Three-Dimensional Analysis of Trunk Movements During Walking in Patients with Osteoarthritic Hip.- 8 Gait Analysis Following Pelvic Osteotomy.- 9 Gait Analysis of Utilateral Total Hip Replacement: Quantitative Analysis of the Vertical Floor Reaction Force.- 10 -Overview- Clinical Gait Analysis in Hip Patients.- III Hip Joint Surgery and Simulation.- A Total Hip Arthroplasty.- 11 Simple Solid Models for Surgical Planning in Hip Arthroplasties.- 12 Application of Three-Dimensional Milling System in Hip Disorders.- 13 Three-Dimensional Fitting of Stem by Computer Analysis.- 14 Computer Simulation for the Planning of Total Hip Replacement: Improvement of the Simulation System.- 15 -Overview- Clinical Applications of Image Analyses in the Hip Joint.- B Osteotomy.- 16 Biomechanical Analysis of the Dysplastic Hip: Pre- and Post-Pelvic and Femoral Osteotomy.- 17 Computer Simulation of Hip Osteotomies for Dysplastic Coxarthroses: Use of a Rigid Body Spring Model.- 18 Simulation of Rotational Acetabular Osteotomy: Comparison of Graphic and Organ Models.- 19 Simulation for Hip Osteotomy Using Three-Dimensional Computerized Tomography.- 20 Biomechanical Analysis After Chiari's Pelvic Osteotomy by Means of Superimposed Pelvic Computed Tomography Scan.- 21 -Overview- Alteration in Neck Axis Direction After Transtrochanteric Rotational Osteotomy.- IV Stress Analysis in Total Hip Arthroplasty.- 22 Biomechanical Analysis of a New Type of Surface Total Hip Replacement.- 23 Biomechanical Study of Femoral Stem Load Transfer in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty, Using a Non-Linear Two-Dimensional Finite Element Method.- 24 Load-Bearing Mechanisms of Natural and Artificial Joints.- 25 Biomechanical Features of Various Cementless Total Hip Replacement Systems.- 26 -Overview- Application of Thermoelastic Stress Analysis Method to Joint Biomechanics.- V Design and Fixation of Femoral Components in Total Hip Arthroplasty.- 27 Basic Study of Hip Prosthesis Design: Analysis of Shape of the Femoral Medullary Canal in Japanese Subjects by Computed Tomographic Scanning.- 28 Analysis of the Endosteal Geometry of the Proximal Femur in Japanese Patients with Osteoarthritic Hips: Use in Femoral Stem Design.- 29 Torsional Fixation of the Femoral Component in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty: Newly Designed Funnel Shape Femoral Component.- 30 -Overview- Ideal Stem Design for Cementless Total Hip System.- List of Contributors.