Functional adaptation and ingrowth of bone vary as a function of hip implant stiffness

Porous-coated hip replacement. The factors governing bone ingrowth, stress shielding, and clinical results

CA Engh, JD Bobyn, AH Glassman · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume · 1987 · 1.8K citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +14

The Relationship Between Stress Shielding and Bone Resorption Around Total Hip Stems and the Effects of Flexible Materials

R. Huiskes, Harrie Weinans, Bert van Rietbergen · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 1992 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +17

Adaptive bone-remodeling theory applied to prosthetic-design analysis

R. Huiskes, Harrie Weinans, H.J. Grootenboer et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 1987 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +12

The regional acceleratory phenomenon: a review.

Harold M. Frost · PubMed · 1983 · 674 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Regional Economics +2

Producing and avoiding stress shielding. Laboratory and clinical observations of noncemented total hip arthroplasty.

J Bobyn, ERROL S. MORTIMER, Andrew H. Glassman et al. · PubMed · 1992 · 431 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +15