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From experimental measurements of groundto-foot force action and limb configurations, resultant load actions at junctions of leg segments can be calculated. From a knowledge of the phasic activity of muscles and their anatomical location, the tension in relevant muscles and ligaments may be inferred, and the joint forces obtained. From the measured geometry of the femur calculations are made of the stresses on the basis of simplifying assoumptions of material disposition and behavior.
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was Visiting Professor in The Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Dept., West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. 26506, when this paper was prepared.
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Paul, J.P. Load actions on the human femur in walking and some resultant stresses. Experimental Mechanics 11, 121–125 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02328646
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