Effects of mass loading on the viability of assessing the state of healing of a fixated fractured long bone
Abstract
This paper aims to evaluate the effects of mass loading on the healing assessment of an internally fixated femur by vibrational means. The presence of soft tissue surrounding a femur increases damping and mass of a system, and hence affects the vibrational response of a mechanical structure by obscuring the coherent modes. This may compromise vibration-based monitoring strategies in identifying modes associated with fracture healing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1177/2055668319842806
Entities
People
- M. Russ
- Mark Fitzgerald
- Tuan T. Tran
- Wern Hann Ong
- Wingkong Chiu
Organizations
- Monash University
- Office of Naval Research
- The Alfred Hospital