Title :
The design and preliminary assessment of a new knee ligament arthrometer
Author :
Lin, Chen-Chou ; Ko, Jun-Yen ; Chen, Chih-Hwa ; Chang, Wen-Tung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. &Mechtronic Eng, Nat. Taiwan Ocean Univ., Keelung, Taiwan
Abstract :
The paper introduces a new knee ligament arthrometer with dual functions. The arthrometer provides not only the traditional function to test the laxity anterior/posterior cruciate ligaments, but also the function to test the laxity of the medial/lateral collateral ligaments. The preliminary assessment about the data reproducibility was conducted. It showed that the new arthrometer performed well in the aspect of data reproducibility. Further assessment of the arthrometer will be conducted, and the reliability need to be established by comparing with the existing arthrometer.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; orthopaedics; data reproducibility; knee ligament arthrometer; laxity anterior-posterior cruciate ligaments; medial-lateral collateral ligaments; preliminary assessment; Force; Injuries; Instruments; Joints; Knee; Ligaments; Reliability; anterior/posterior cruciate ligament; arthrometer; knee ligament; laxity test; medial/lateral collateral; parallel manipulator; reproducibility;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2011 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9351-7
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098581
