A hands-on approach to biomechanics education in total hip arthroplasty

Author

Vashishth, D. ; Kim, D.

Author_Institution

Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2615

Abstract

Total hip replacement has become commonplace in the United States and elsewhere as the musculoskeletal system is unable to keep up with an individual´s increased activity and life span. In the United States alone 120,000 hip replacements are carried out each year out of which 8-9% fail after surgery and the remaining last between 10 to 12 years. Biomedical engineers are, therefore, in particular demand to analyze current problems, and to design and evaluate new and innovative hip implant designs. In this report, a hands-on approach to biomechanics education in the area of total hip arthroplasty and its evaluation by students is described.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical education; orthopaedics; prosthetics; 10 to 12 y; United States; biomechanics education; hands-on approach; hip prostheses; hip replacements; implant failure; increased life span; individual´s increased activity; innovative hip implant designs; students; surgery; total hip arthroplasty; Biomechanics; Biomedical engineering; Bones; Capacitive sensors; Design engineering; Hip; Implants; Laboratories; Musculoskeletal system; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053454

Filename

1053454