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Assessing the Use of Ultrasound to Quantify Spine Kinematics

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dc.contributor.advisorDrake, Janessa D. M.
dc.contributor.authorDesroches, Daniel Alain
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-22T18:54:30Z
dc.date.available2019-11-22T18:54:30Z
dc.date.copyright2019-07
dc.date.issued2019-11-22
dc.date.updated2019-11-22T18:54:30Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractThis thesis described the use of ultrasound in measuring multiplanar in-vivo lumbar spine motion in various positions of flexion and axial rotation using two separate ultrasound-based methods and was compared to surface-based optoelectronic motion capture. 14 instances of outlier range of motion were detected with the sagittal imaging method and complex movement sequences were uncovered with the transverse imaging method. Two error metrics were described and evaluated: (1) repeatability, which described the likeness of repeated images and subsequent image analysis; (2) robustness, which described the tolerance of the ultrasound measurement system to systematically induced error. The sagittal imaging method was considered robust and repeatable however the transverse method was less repeatable, with error potentially resulting from soft tissue creep. This thesis demonstrated that it is possible to measure multiplanar intervertebral motion via US and may help identify risky movement sequences which may appear normal in a surface-based motion capture investigation.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36775
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectHealth sciences
dc.subject.keywordsBiomechanics
dc.subject.keywordsSpine
dc.subject.keywordsHealth
dc.subject.keywordsMechanics
dc.subject.keywordsKinesiology
dc.subject.keywordsLumbar
dc.subject.keywordsIntervertebral
dc.subject.keywordsKinematics
dc.titleAssessing the Use of Ultrasound to Quantify Spine Kinematics
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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