[On the pressure distribution between femoral head and cup of a total hip joint prosthesis (author's transl)].

The stresses that occur between femoral head and cup in a total human hip joint prosthesis are especially calculated for the running-in phase when transition takes place between the Hertzian stress distribution and the stress distribution caused by wear. It turns out that the Hertzian stress distribution has already altered considerably after nearly 1 year of wear.