Numerical evaluation and comparison of instantaneous anatomical knee joint axes and orthotic joint axes using MRI data under weight-bearing condition

Autor: Marc Kraft, Annegret Niesche, David Hochmann, Martin Tettke
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: IFMBE Proceedings ISBN: 9783540892076
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_124
Popis: This paper presents the numerical methods used for the calculation of the functional axes of the knee joint on different flexion angles with and without knee brace and the axes of the knee brace using MRI data. These methods were developed during a student research project in the framework of the research project “Evaluation of the possibilities of a functional assessment of orthopedic assistive technologies using open MRI” at the Institute of Medical Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin, which is about exemplarily working out methods for determining the congruence of the instantaneous anatomical knee joint axis and a knee orthosis joint axis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE