Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 989-995 , 29 May 2009

In-vitro experimental assessment of a new robust algorithm for hip joint centre estimation

  • Elena De Momi

      Affiliations

    • NearLab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Nicola Lopomo

      Affiliations

    • NearLab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Pietro Cerveri

      Affiliations

    • NearLab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Stefano Zaffagnini

      Affiliations

    • Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Marc R. Safran

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Giancarlo Ferrigno

      Affiliations

    • NearLab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy

,Accepted 26 February 2009.

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PII: S0021-9290(09)00116-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.02.031

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 989-995 , 29 May 2009

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