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EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS 

(Observed effects of norm and pathology, experiments on models...)

    • 1672GengaB The author reports for the first time a case of absence of the LCF in both hip joints.  

    • 1725SaltzmannJ_NicolaiHA The authors report the absence of LCF in an elderly woman.

    • 1751HallerA The author describes a case of absence of LCF from two sides.

    • 1779SandifortE The author reports the absence of LCF.

    • 1783BonnA The author describes cases of absence of the LCF and the fossa of the femoral head.

    • 1823GerdyPN The author observes the displacement of the femoral head from the acetabulum when the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) is stretched. 

    • 1841StanleyE The article is mainly devoted to pathological hip dislocations and changes in the LCF.

    • 1858StruthersJ One of the early works dedicated to the experimental study of the function of the LCF.

    • 1863StruthersJ The work is devoted to an experimental study of the function of LCF.

    • 1865RoseE The author describes his own experiments on the hip joint and mentions the LCF. 

    • 1875BrauneW The author found that the LCF prevents hip supination and adduction, especially during flexion.

    • 1879MorrisH The author discusses the anatomy of the LCF and describes his experiments to study its movement. 

    • 1882MorrisH The article is devoted to studying the function of the LCF in an experiment. 

    • 1892GilisP An article about the role of LCF and its strength.

    • 1914JonesFW_MorrisH The chapter of the fifth edition of «Morris's Human Anatomy», describing the anatomy and experiments on the function of the LCF, is provided with many remarkable illustrations.

    • Ossification of the LCF. X-ray and morphological observations.
    • 2018FreitasA_BandeiraVC. Traumatic Open Anterior Hip Dislocation in an Adult Male: A Case Report (the authors documented avulsion of the LCF from the acetabulum). 

    • 2019(b)ArkhipovSV_SkvortsovDV Ligamentum capitis femoris a pilot experimental study on a mechanical model of the hip joint. 


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