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University of New Mexico

Design and Implementation of a Pivot Shift Prototype for Quantitative Analysis

Abstract

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This thesis presents the utilization of a portable medical device intended to help in the diagnosis of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament(ACL) knee injury. The prototype consists of an embedded system integrated with various sensors including accelerometers and gyroscopes to provide force, orientation, and acceleration measurement. The prototype has been used to quantify the results of a medical test called pivot shift which tests the dynamic stability of the patients knee. With the initial prototype built, limited clinical trials were conducted. Two schemes (metric based classification and k nearest neighbors) have been applied to the data set to empirically learn and judge ACL diagnosis.'

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Computer Engineering
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Year
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Espinoza Sanchez, Marco Antonio
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Shu, Wei Wennie
  • Pattichis, Marios P.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ece_etds/81
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:ece_etds-1080

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2026-07-24
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citation

Espinoza Sanchez, Marco Antonio. Design and Implementation of a Pivot Shift Prototype for Quantitative Analysis. Thesis thesis, 2015. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ece_etds/81