Table 1.

Mean and peak von Mises stresses

	Mean stress (MPa)			Peak stress (MPa)
Cortex region	Native bone	SHA (Metha)	THA (CLS)	Native bone	SHA (Metha)	THA (CLS)
1	43.26	1.33	0.25	160.84	1.97	0.60
2	26.87	2.79	0.31	138.23	27.40	1.17
3	23.23	4.23	0.88	107.96	25.79	2.69
4	23.32	4.92	1.43	136.46	83.67	5.38
5	24.00	6.31	2.16	172.44	35.74	7.42
6	19.99	8.09	2.72	57.40	89.44	41.70
7	15.56	7.45	2.62	38.37	24.40	25.66
8	14.39	7.28	2.82	38.82	23.29	5.83
9	14.90	7.77	3.24	37.38	22.44	38.39
10	14.88	8.63	3.61	33.43	54.31	16.27
11	14.77	9.19	4.38	32.31	33.77	14.30
12	13.65	7.73	4.72	29.77	18.89	20.67
13	12.08	6.89	4.45	26.29	17.10	15.93
14	10.71	6.25	4.24	24.34	15.39	16.87
15	9.58	5.64	4.01	21.14	13.15	20.28
16	8.57	5.07	3.83	18.84	12.08	32.01
17	7.49	4.49	4.31	16.20	10.09	26.37
18	6.35	3.85	4.11	12.50	8.06	21.89
19	5.23	3.30	3.90	10.35	6.47	32.89
20	4.37	2.99	3.36	9.90	5.46	6.76
21	4.30	2.85	3.24	10.68	5.52	6.04
22	4.97	3.12	3.37	11.37	6.74	6.59
23	5.98	3.47	3.71	13.98	7.90	8.00