Novel approach to dynamic knee laxity measurement using capacitive strain gauges

Autor: H. O. Mayr, Anke Bernstein, Philipp Niemeyer, Martin Zens, Matthias J. Feucht, Peter Woias, Norbert P. Südkamp, Jan Kühle
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA. 23(10)
ISSN: 1433-7347
Popis: Knee joint laxities are observed in patients after severe trauma to the joint, resulting in ligament tears. Specifically, injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament may cause a significant instability. The degree of these laxities is essential in diagnostics and may affect which treatment option is suggested. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) strain gauges are proposed as a non-invasive, highly accurate and easy-to-use measurement method to quantify anterolateral and rotational laxities of the knee joint during active and passive motion. In this work, proof-of-concept measurements and a prototype of the proposed device are displayed. The measurements were taken using a knee test rig, which has specifically been designed for this purpose. This apparatus allows the simulation of isolated knee joint instabilities with a motor-controlled model of a human knee. The absolute sensitivity $$\frac{{\Delta C}}{{\Delta l}}$$ of an exemplary sensor was determined to be 2.038 $$\frac{\text{pF}}{\text{mm}}$$ ; the relative sensitivity $$\frac{{\Delta C}}{\varepsilon }$$ was 1.121 $$\frac{\text{pF}}{\% }$$ . Optimal positions of sensors to capture bone-to-bone displacement as projected displacement on the skin were identified. PDMS strain gauges are capable of measuring bone-to-bone displacements on the skin. We present an experimental in vitro study using an artificial knee test rig to simulate knee joint laxities and display the feasibility of our novel measurement approach.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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