A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION

Meernah Alabdullah; Aiqin Liu; Shane Xie

doi:10.1302/1358-992X.2023.13.074

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A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION

The British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) May 2023 Meeting, London, England, 16–17 May 2023.

Meernah Alabdullah
Aiqin Liu
Shane Xie

A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION

Alabdullah M, Liu A, Xie S. A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION. Orthop Procs. 2023;105-B(SUPP_13):74-74. doi:10.1302/1358-992X.2023.13.074

Alabdullah, Meernah, et al. “A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings, vol. 105-B, no. SUPP_13, 2023, pp. 74-74., https://doi.org/10.1302/1358-992X.2023.13.074

Alabdullah, M., Liu, A., & Xie, S. (2023). A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_13), 74-74. https://doi.org/10.1302/1358-992X.2023.13.074

Alabdullah, M., Liu, A. and Xie, S. (2023) “A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_13), pp. 74-74. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/1358-992X.2023.13.074

Alabdullah, Meernah, Aiqin Liu, and Shane Xie. “A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION.” Orthopaedic Proceedings 105-B, no. SUPP_13 (2023): 74-74. https://doi.org/10.1302/1358-992X.2023.13.074

Alabdullah M, Liu A, Xie S. A WEARABLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF KNEE CONDITION. Orthop Procs. 2023 Aug 7;105-B(SUPP_13):74-74. https://doi.org/10.1302/1358-992X.2023.13.074

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Abstract

Rehabilitation exercise is critical for patients’ recovery after knee injury or post-surgery. Unfortunately, adherence to exercise is low due to a lack of positive feedback and poor self-motivation. Therefore, it is crucial to monitor their progress and provide supervision. Inertial measurement unit (IMUs) based sensing technology can provide remote patient monitoring functions. However, most current solutions only measure the range of knee motion in one degree of freedom. The current IMUs estimate the orientation-angle based on the integrated raw data, which might lack accuracy in measuring knee motion. This study aims to develop an IMU-based sensing system using the absolute measured orientation-angle to provide more accurate comprehensive monitoring by measuring the knee rotational angles.

An IMU sensing system monitoring the knee joint angles, flexion/extension (FE), adduction/abduction (AA), and internal/external (IE) was developed. The accuracy and reliability of FE measurements were validated in human participants during squat exercise using measures including root mean square error (RMSE) and correlation coefficient.

The RMSE of the three knee angles (FE, AA, and IE) were 0.82°, 0.26°, and 0.11°, which are acceptable for assessing knee motion. The FE measurement was validated in human participants and showed excellent accuracy (correlation coefficient of 0.99°). Further validation of AA and IE in human participants is underway.

The sensing system showed the capability to estimate three knee rotation angles (FE, AA, and IE). It showed the potential to provide comprehensive continuous monitoring for knee rehabilitation exercises, which can also be used as a clinical assessment tool.