MINUTES
JAM (Joints and Mobility)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kevin Deluzio
Friday, Aug 29, 2008
10:30am – 12:00pm
Location: HMRC Innovation Lab
Chair: Stacey (1)
Article Selection: Stacey
Snacks: Scott
Drinks: Heather
In Attendance: S. Brandon, S. Acker, H.Linley, R. Li, A. Burger
1. Article Review: Kim et al. "The long-term results of simultaneous fixed-bearing and mobilebearing total knee replacements performed in the same patient." JBJS (Br.) (2007).
2. Round Table Discussion: Research Developments
Scott
- Has been in rowing try-outs
- Attached limb segments to gimbal with Johan and put stops on it.
- Has been working on the Hawkin’s t-score analysis which can tell you what the
outliers are in a data set and shows what your model can’t tell you.
Andreas
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Back from vacation
Has been researching Langevin statistics for polymer chain arrangements
Will get pilot test results on Tuesday from Zimmer
May go to Warsaw, IN for one week.
Rebecca/Stacey
- Pressure mat calibration
- Pressure mat pilot data
- Worked on attaching the pressure mat behind the knee using stretchy Velcro
- Working on changing the visual basic program to change the data collection time
limit.
Heather
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Working on amalgamating her programs with Andrew’s programs in MATLAB
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Summarized the results of different methods in her trunk lean work
Heather set a meeting with Dr. Cooke to learn how to calculate joint space on x-rays
Heather has surgery on Tuesday
3. Heather: X-ray grading tutorial
- Heather talked about the various criteria/indicators used to grade x-rays using the
Cooke scale and the K/L scale
- The indicators discussed included: joint space, osteophytes, tibial erosion,
subluxation, bony sclerosis
Duties for Next Week (Aug 29)
Chair: Stacey (2)
Article Selection: Nicole
Snacks: Nicole
Drinks: Simon