Hip Joint


hip joint

[′hip ‚jȯint]
(civil engineering)
The junction of an inclined head post and the top chord of a truss. Also known as hip.

Hip Joint


the spheroidal articulation between the acetabulum of the pelvis and the head of the femur. The hip joint moves around three mutually perpendicular axes. It flexes and extends in a range of 130°, adducts and abducts in a range of 70°, and rotates inwardly and outwardly in a range of 45°. The hip joint is surrounded by an articular bursa and by ligaments. Within the joint, the ligament of the head of the femur extends to the acetabulum. Blood is supplied by branches of the femoral and internal iliac arteries. The joint is innervated by branches of the femoral, obturator, and sciatic nerves.

Diseases of the hip joint include congenital dislocation of the femur, deforming arthrosis, and such inflammations as coxitis. Injuries to the hip joint may be associated with dislocation and with fractures of the acetabulum, the head of the femur, or the neck of the femur.


hips, 1 (flush panel type)
1. The external angle at the junction of two sloping roofs or sides of a roof.
2. The rafter at the angle where two sloping roofs or sides of roofs meet.
3. The joint of a bridge truss where the top chord meets the inclined end post.
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Though these findings might be suggestive of progression to secondary osteoarthritis of the hip joint with acetabular dysplasia, we consider that conservative treatment has been successful in preserving the morphology of the hip joint in this patient thus far.
Nearly a year later she had to have her hip joint removed after being told by that no allowance had been made for her shallow hip joint and that the hip prosthesis had been inserted at the wrong angle which was causing her muscle to twist.
Carnochan (1840) was the first surgeon, who thought that hip joint could also be replaced artificially.
Thermal radiofrequency (TRF) denervation of the sensory articular nerves to the hip joint is emerging as a possible adjunctive treatment for coxalgia.
An X–ray at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy showed the hip joint was faulty and I had to undergo a further four–hour operation to have it removed and replaced.
The purpose of this project was to model the effects of hip joint stiffness in the sagittal plane on RGO-assisted gait using the LLPS with nondisabled subjects.
38 times the body weight in the hip joint during normal walking condition [3].
The hip joint is a "ball and socket" joint, and it is found below the muscles in the groin area, rather than the "hip bone" that you can feel which is part of the pelvis.
THE HIP JOINT IS NATURE'S SHOCK ABSORBER--it's the point of contact between the leg and the torso.
The aim of such procedures is to improve pain and function without replacing the patient's own hip joint.
ended up being the final blow to Abigail Mentzer's tender left hip joint.