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Before we turn our attention to replacement of bony limbs by means of prostheses made of suitable materials, it will be helpful to take into account a discussion relative to load distribution of the body either during walking or under static conditions. In fact, when further on the strength of the materials is examined, it will emerge that applied load and related wearing (coming from joints, if any) are directly associated with the body weight, or anyhow with locally applied pressure. In relation to skeletal prostheses, load is distributed over the body structure, which transfers a fraction of it on the implanted prosthesis. The most remarkable case is the hip-endoprosthesis.
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Ravaglioli, A., Krajewski, A. (1992). Survey of the physics of the locomotion of the human body. In: Bioceramics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2336-5_3
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