Load distribution in a model of a hip joint.

Photoelastic techniques were used to study the stresses in models which represented the central frontal plane of a normal hip joint. The pelvis and the femur were inclined and the direction of the resultant thrust on the joint was estimated. Inward tilting of the pelvis causes a force which tends to push the head of the femur out of joint. The load distribution on the joint is not significantly changed if the line of action of the load is moved relative to the joint. The directions of the lines of principal stress in both bones are shown.

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