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. 2012 Apr 1;1(4):56–63. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.14.2000047

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Radiograph showing the measurement of the horizontal lever arm (HLA) distance (bold black line). The HLA is the horizontal distance (in mm) from a line through the axis of the neck to the tip of the bearing surface (broken line) and the centre of the taper engagement level.