Acetabular size (mm)
Height of patient, h (m)
BMI of patient
(kg / m
2
)
Mass of patient
m=h
2
×BMI
(kg)
Compressive force
F=3mg
(N)
46
1.460
20
42.63
1255
25
53.29
1568
30
63.95
1882
52
1.642
20
53.92
1587
25
67.40
1984
30
80.88
2380
58
1.825
20
66.61
1960
25
83.27
2451
30
99.92
2941
Table 1:
Compressive force acting in the hip joint, calculated from body mass index (BMI). Subjects’ heights for each acetabular size were obtained from the work of Thompson ac co-investigators (2000).