Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study

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Main Author: Than Aung.
Other Authors: Chou Siaw Meng
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Published: 2010
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-360352023-03-11T17:31:35Z Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study Than Aung. Chou Siaw Meng School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Bio-mechatronics 97 p. Rotator cuff tears can cause significant shoulder disability. While there are many factors thought to be responsible for the initiation and progression of tears, biomechanical factors such as strains are also significant. The purpose of this study was to detect the bursal-side human rotator cuff strains over a range of clinically relevant joint positions. With the help of Differential Variable Reluctance Transducers , bursal-side rotator cuff strains were analyzed in cadaveric shoulder-specimens at 0 degree, 15 degree, 30 degree, 45 degree, 60 degree and 85 degree of the glenohumeral abduction in the scapular, coronal and sagittal plane. It was observed that joint positions had a pronounced effect on the tendon's strain. At the scapular and coronal plane, the strain at anterior edge of the supraspinatus was more than that of the posterior edge during elevation. This explains the common observation that supraspinatus tear is normally on the anterior edge. For elevation in the sagittal plane, the strain at the posterior edge was more than that of the anterior portion of the supraspinatus. This explains that there is a strain gradient between the anterior and posterior portion of the supraspinatus at all planes. Master of Science (Biomedical Engineering) 2010-04-23T02:24:39Z 2010-04-23T02:24:39Z 2007 2007 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/36035 application/pdf
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Than Aung.
Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study
description 97 p.
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Than Aung.
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author Than Aung.
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title Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study
title_short Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study
title_full Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study
title_fullStr Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study
title_full_unstemmed Strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study
title_sort strains of human rotator cuff tendons at various joint positions : a cadaveric study
publishDate 2010
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/36035
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