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Force plates may be used for dynamic analyses of endoprostheses explantation procedures

  • Hendrik Kohlhof , Sebastian Köhring , Dieter Christian Wirtz and Hartmut Witte EMAIL logo
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Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik
From the journal Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik Volume 64 Issue 2

Abstract

The number of hip and knee arthroplasty replacement surgeries is increasing steadily. In combination with demographic aging and the number of periprosthetic complications, this development has lead to the phenomenon where the need for revision surgery is rising. The problem is, that, while implantation procedures of hip arthroplasties are more or less standardized, explantation is a non-standardized task for experienced specialists, due to the unpredictability of the adequate loosening method. The surgeon often only gets to decide on which tools and methods may be applied to detach the prosthesis, only after getting access to the operation site. The time taken to detach the prosthesis is hardly predictable and mainly depends on the surgeons’ skills. To gain objective data on the mechanics of explantation, new measurement methods are required. One technical base for studies on revision procedures are standard force plates, available in biomechanics laboratories.

Keywords: arthroplasty; biomechanics; forces; measurement; revision surgery; torques
Corresponding author: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Witte, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Fachgebiet Biomechatronik, Max-Planck-Ring 12, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany, Phone: +49 3677 69 2456, Fax: +49 3677 69 1280

Acknowledgments

M.Sc. Michael Ehrhardt constructed the mechanical setup shown in this contribution, and M.Sc. Philipp Wagner programmed the analytic algorithms in LabView®.

  1. Author Statement

  2. Research funding: Association for Orthopaedic Research.

  3. Conflict of interest: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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Received: 2017-08-29
Accepted: 2017-10-04
Published Online: 2018-03-02
Published in Print: 2019-04-24

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https://doi.org/10.1515/bmt-2017-0152
Keywords for this article
arthroplasty; biomechanics; forces; measurement; revision surgery; torques

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Review
  3. The peripheral cannulas in extracorporeal life support
  4. Research articles
  5. Determination of optimal positive end-expiratory pressure based on respiratory compliance and electrical impedance tomography: a pilot clinical comparative trial
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  9. Simple gastric motility assessment method with a single-channel electrogastrogram
  10. Analysis of on-surface and in-air movement in handwriting of subjects with Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonism
  11. Wavelet-enhanced convolutional neural network: a new idea in a deep learning paradigm
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