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A new telemetry allows long term in vivo measurements on orthopaedic implants with three strain gauges. The paper describes the telemetry, the design of hip endoprostheses for the measurement of spatial joint forces in sheep and the long-term tests in three animals.
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Bergmann, G., Graichen, F., Jendrzynski, H., Rohlmann, A. (1987). Long Term Animal Tests with Instrumented Hip Implants. In: Bergmann, G., Kölbel, R., Rohlmann, A. (eds) Biomechanics: Basic and Applied Research. Developments in Biomechanics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3355-2_42
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