Vibroarthrograpyhy (VAG) is an innovative, objective and non-invasive technique to obtain diagnostic information concerning the articular cartilage of knee joints. Knee VAG signals can be detected by putting a contact sensor on the surface of the knee joints during the movement such as flexion and extension. Before this research, there are many VAG group studies that contribute in signal processing and database building. The adaptive segmentation method and autoregressive modeling are developed to segment the nonstationary VAG signals. This thesis tries to investigate the accuracy of some database containing root mean square (RMS) value and intraclass distance (ID) feature parameters of physiological patellofemoral crepitus (PPC) signals. This research is first setting up two diagnosis standards for RMS and ID. According to the two standards, all signals are divided into three types: normal, unknown and injured, and those appear both in normal type of RMS and ID parameters are picked out. The same does the injured type. In conclusion, by checking the anamneses of these signals, we can be aware of the numbers of real normal and real injured in normal type and injured type; therefore the accuracy of the database can be derived. Consequently the accuracy of database in this thesis is quite certifiable.

Orientador: Alberto Cliquet Júnior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T14:27:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria_RenataManzano_M.pdf: 4254573 bytes, checksum: 97e60ced203868705d6cd26bf4a3e1a6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Neste projeto é apresentada uma proposta de um sistema completo para coletar, processar e analisar sinais resultantes do teste pendular, com a finalidade de avaliar a espasticidade na prática clínica. Comumente apresentado por lesados medulares, a espasticidade pode ser quantificada pela análise dos sinais de ângulo da articulação do joelho e de vibração do quadríceps durante o balanço, monitorados por um eletrogoniômetro e um acelerômetro triaxial, respectivamente. O acompanhamento de cinco pacientes, durante o programa de reabilitação, permitiu estabelecer uma relação entre os indicadores calculados, evidenciando uma relação positiva entre índice de relaxamento - R2n, razão de amplitude - R1, valor quadrático médio ¿ RMS e envoltórias do sinal para casos de espasticidade severa. Comprova-se assim a maior aplicabilidade do acelerômetro nestes casos, e a possibilidade de utilização do acelerômetro no teste pendular para quantificação da espasticidade como forma complementar / Abstract: In this project is presented a proposal of a complete system to acquire, process and analyze pendulum test signals, aiming to assess spasticity in clinical practice. Often presented by spinal cord injured people, spasticity can be quantified by signals of knee joint angle and quadriceps vibration during the swing, monitored by an electrogoniometer and a triaxial accelerometer, respectively. Five patients following, through the rehabilitation program, made possible to establish a relation between relaxation index - R2n, amplitude ratio - R1, root mean square (RMS) and wrapped signals to severe spasticity. Thus, it is confirmed that, in these cases, accelerometer is more efficient and its feasibility is ratified as a possibility in pendulum test to quantify spasticity / Mestrado / Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica / Mestra em Ciências

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