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. 2010 Jan 4;11:3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-3

Table 2.

In vitro model to simulate the clinical failure modes with various parameters

Hip contact force 3800 N
Frequency 1 Hz/15 Hz

Stress and rest phases 1,000 cycles, 1.5 minutes rest, 1,000 cycles, 1.5 minutes rest repeat

Contamination Dry, Blood, Serum, Cortical bone particles

Surrounding medium Saline 0.9% pH 7 Saline 1.8% pH 2 CaCl2 solution pH 2 FeCl3 solution pH 0.5