title: Development of femoral bone fracture model simulating muscular contraction force by pneumatic rubber actuator.
abstract: In femoral fracture reduction, orthopedic surgeons must pull distal bone fragments with great traction force and return them to their correct positions, by referring to 2D-fluoroscopic images. Since this method is physically burdensome, the introduction of robotic assistance is desirable. While such robots have been developed, adequate control methods have not yet been established because of the lack of experimental data. It is difficult to obtain accurate data using cadavers or animals because they are different from the living human body's muscle characteristics and anatomy. Therefore, an experimental model for simulating human femoral characteristics is required. In this research, human muscles are reproduced using a McKibben-type pneumatic rubber actuator (artificial muscle) to develop a model that simulates typical femur muscles using artificial muscles.
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Etsuko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Sanghyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joung
authors.forename: Il-Hyung
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001187:Artificial Organs; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D012371:Robotics