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Abstract #3185

A Dynamic Measurement Method for Knee Biomechanics

Agnes G. d'Entremont1,2, Jurek Nordmeyer-Massner3, Clemens Bos4, David R. Wilson, 2,5, Klaas Pruessmann3

1Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 3Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 4MR Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands; 5Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada


We developed and tested the feasibility of a new dynamic imaging method for kinematic measurement of the knee joint. One subject was scanned using a validated static method, as well as using modified (fast) static and dynamic methods under load and over a range of motion. Differences between the standard and fast static methods were within expected errors. The dynamic method provided more data in a shorter time, and produced similar results to the static scans. The results of this work indicates that this is a viable new method for measuring the kinematic rotations and translations of the knee bones.

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