Utilizing a Computer Assisted Surgery System to Output Kinematic Measures for a Simulated Single Leg Lunge for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Identifier

3743

Author

Jason Andrew Lindsey

Date

2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Biomedical Engineering

Committee Chair

John Williams

Committee Member

Eugene Eckstein

Committee Member

William Mihalko

Abstract

The goal of this study was to determine the kinematics of cadaveric knees previously implanted with a total knee arthroplasty (TKA)prosthesis during a simulated lunge activitiy. A closed chain knee testing machine was used to simulate a single leg lunge while a commerical surgical navigation system was used to track the motion of the femur and tibia. Four specimens with previously implanted TKAprostheses of different designs were tested through flexion/extension.After testing, the implant components were retrieved and reverse-engineered, and custom Matlab code was used with the CAS output and the three-dimensional implant models to output kinematic behavior of the cadaver knees similar to post-operative surveillance testing. Comparisons to published literature indicate that the CAS system successfully reported TKAkinematics, demonstrating the utility of the CAS system when coupled with a known implant model.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

Recommended Citation

Lindsey, Jason Andrew, "Utilizing a Computer Assisted Surgery System to Output Kinematic Measures for a Simulated Single Leg Lunge for Total Knee Arthroplasty" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1473.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/1473