Strain measurements of proximal tibial following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA)

• Main Author: Choo, Jiunn Jye.
• Other Authors: Chou Siaw Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Bio-mechatronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40249
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

UKA stress fracture at medial tibial plateau has been observed clinically. However, the reasons for such occurrences have not been fully understood (Brumy et al, 2003) An experimental project involving strain gauge rosettes to study the principal strains in the tibia before and after Unicompa...