BARR, DA, LONG, L, Kernohan, George and MOLLAN, RAB (1994) CONTINUOUS PASSIVE MOTION IN COMPUTER-ASSISTED AUSCULTATION OF THE KNEE. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, 43 (3-4). pp. 159-169. [Journal article]
Full text not available from this repository.
A study of physiological patellofemoral crepitus (PPC) signal recorded from adolescent knees has yielded information which suggests that decay time of PPC amplitude due to continuous passive motion (CPM) activity is a consistent and useful signature variable for a given knee. The PPC vibrational signal was induced in each case by 1 min of static load on the patella and postural variables during the examination were carefully controlled. The speed of CPM has been noted as a factor directly influencing the rate of PPC amplitude decay; specifically, a higher CPM speed contributes to an increased decay constant at a cost of increased inter-subject variability. It is proposed that CPM might form an important basis for the ultimate development of a computer-based auscultation technique for diagnosis of patellofemoral joint disorders.
|Item Type:||Journal article|
|Faculties and Schools:||Faculty of Life and Health Sciences|
Faculty of Life and Health Sciences > School of Nursing
|Research Institutes and Groups:||Institute of Nursing and Health Research|
Institute of Nursing and Health Research > Managing Chronic Illness
|Deposited By:||Professor George Kernohan|
|Deposited On:||18 Jun 2012 11:34|
|Last Modified:||18 Jun 2012 11:34|
Repository Staff Only: item control page