Journal article
Assessment of elbow joint kinematics in passive motion by electromagnetic motion tracking
Journal of orthopaedic research, Vol.18(2), pp.195-202
03/2000
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100180206
PMID: 10815819
Abstract
This research provides a detailed analysis of the kinematics of passive elbow motion. It quantifies how closely humeroulnar kinematics approximates rotation around a fixed axis. The results are clinically relevant for emerging treatment modalities that impose an artificial hinge to the elbow joint, such as total elbow arthroplasty and articulated external fixation. In a cadaveric study of seven specimens, we quantified ulnar rotation around the humerus in terms of instantaneous screw displacement axes calculated from electromagnetic motion-tracking source data. This methodology enabled description of the complex excursion of the elbow axis in terms of translation and orientation changes of the screw displacement axes over the range of motion. Furthermore, we analyzed the envelope of joint laxity for elbow motion under applied small varus and valgus moments. In addition, radiographic landmarks of clinical utility for axis location were evaluated by visualizing the elbow's radiographic appearance when viewed from along the calculated best-fit (average) rotation axis. Over the normal range of elbow motion, the screw displacement axis varied 2.6-5.7 degrees in orientation and 1.4-2.0 mm in translation. All instantaneous rotation axes nearly intersected on the medial facet of the trochlea. The breadth of the envelope of varus-valgus joint laxity was greatest within the initial 40 degrees of flexion and decreased by a factor of approximately two for flexion angles exceeding 100 degrees.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assessment of elbow joint kinematics in passive motion by electromagnetic motion tracking
- Creators
- M Bottlang - Biomechanics Laboratory, Legacy Clinical Research and Technology Center, Portland, Oregon, USAS M MadeyC M SteyersJ L MarshT D Brown
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of orthopaedic research, Vol.18(2), pp.195-202
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1002/jor.1100180206
- PMID
- 10815819
- ISSN
- 0736-0266
- eISSN
- 1554-527X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2000
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984040595702771
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