Influence of PEEK Coating on Hip Implant Stress Shielding: A Finite Element Analysis

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(a) FE model of femur with boundary conditions: 3,000 N in applied load at the femoral implant head and a fixation constraint at the distal end. (b) Top view of the model showing the hip implant, cortical and cancellous bone sections.

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