A mechanical device to measure the three dimensional motion of the human jaw

Author

Van Stee, Vanessa ; Tortal, Jo ; Williams, Paul Allen ; Saha, Subrata

Author_Institution

Dept. of Orthopaedic Surg., Loma Linda Univ. Sch. of Med., CA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

7-9 Apr 1995

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

91

Abstract

Many people suffer from temporomadibular joint (TMJ) pain and need treatment. However, the outcome of such physical therapy is often not evaluated objectively. The range of motion of the jaw could be used as an objective criterion for monitoring the effect of therapy for such patients. In this study the authors designed and manufactured such a device to measure the three dimensional motion of the jaw for human patients

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; patient monitoring; position measurement; biomedical mechanical device; human jaw 3D motion measurement; human patients; jaw motion range; medical instrumentation; objective criterion; physical therapy; temporomadibular joint pain; therapy effect monitoring; Bridge circuits; Capacitive sensors; Humans; Mechanical variables measurement; Medical treatment; Motion measurement; Pain; Strain measurement; Structural beams; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 Fourteenth Southern

Conference_Location

Shreveport, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2083-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBEC.1995.514442

Filename

514442