Hip impact dynamics - version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigation of hip impact dynamics
IRAS ID
165623
Contact name
Piotr A Maksym
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leicester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Broken hips are a common and serious problem in older people. Currently we try to prevent broken bones by making bones stronger using drugs or by protecting the hip from falls with special pads or soft flooring. But we do not know exactly what happens to hips that leads to them breaking. If we could find out more about the mechanism leading to broken hips, we might be able to create better treatments.
The aim of this study is to work out exactly what happens to hips in the thousandth of a second between then hitting then floor and then breaking.
We have a small supply hips of people who have died and donated their bodies to science. We will record what happens to some of these hips using special computer. We will then create a ‘computer hip’ which we can use to experiment upon. This will help our understanding and could lead to new treatments.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EE/0144
Date of REC Opinion
30 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion