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Table 2 Measurements of reversible micromotion and irreversible migration after 100,000 loading cycles up to 1600 N

From: Biomechanics of a calcar loading and a shortened tapered femoral stem: Comparative in-vitro testing of primary stability and strain distribution

Implant

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Axial micromotion (S1) [µm] (p = 0.7)

 Fitmore

12

7

2

20

 Metha

13

8

5

28

Rotational micromotion (S2) [°] (p = 0.4)

 Fitmore

0.06

0.02

0.02

0.09

 Metha

0.05

0.06

0.01

0.17

Axial migration (S1) [µm] (p = 0.6)

 Fitmore

82

78

5

242

 Metha

86

157

70

376

Rotational migration (S2) [°] (p = 0.4)

 Fitmore

0.2

0.2

0.05

0.37

 Metha

0.3

0.3

0.10

0.73