The hip joint consists of two main parts — the femoral head and the acetabulum. The femoral head is a ball-shaped bone at the top of the thigh bone. It sits in the acetabulum, which is a socket ...

The hip joint serves as the gathering point between your thigh bone (femur) and your hip bone (pelvis). If one is having hip dysplasia then the femur's round ball (femoral head) doesn't correctly ...

A team of biomedical engineers at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science working with a team of bio-scientist colleagues ...

The patient was a 73-year-old man with progressively disabling right hip pain for 2.5 years. The patient had failed ...

Flexion of the hip joint occurs when the femur (upper leg) moves forwards, which happens when long jumpers land or at the end of kick in football. Extension of the shoulder occurs when the humerus ...

Stage VI hips displayed profound degenerative changes on both the acetabulum and the femoral side ... cm of distraction was present across the hip joint. Care was taken to avoid overdistraction.

which helps to ensure strong initial press-fit fixation in the femoral marrow cavity. There are 15 sizes from which to choose for developmental dislocations of a hip joint to a large marrow cavity.

JointMedica, a global leader in orthopedic innovation, announces the commencement of an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study for its Polymotion® Hip Resurfacing (PHR®) device. The IDE study ...