A system for kinematic analysis of lumbar spine motion

Author

Lovell, Nigel ; Wan, Sunny ; Milazzo, Gaetano

Author_Institution

Centre for Biomed. Technol., Univ. of Technol. Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1992

fDate

Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

106

Abstract

Active lumbar spine movement was acquired and analyzed using a computer controlled data acquisition and analysis system. A 3Space Isotrak was used to record rotational displacement and velocity in three dimensions. The Isotrak was interfaced to a Macintosh computer running LabVIEW software to display real-time kinematic parameters. Results from Ave subjects showed ranges of motion in the sagittal plane to be in accordance with previous literature reports. This paper is one of the first to analyze the parameter of velocity as a component of lumbar spine motion.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; bone; data acquisition; kinematics; medical signal processing; virtual instrumentation; 3Space Isotrak; LabVIEW software; Macintosh computer; active lumbar spine movement; data acquisition; data analysis system; kinematic analysis; lumbar spine motion; real time kinematic parameters; rotational displacement; velocity; Biomechanics; Laboratories;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-0816-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760878

Filename

5760878