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Smart Growing Rod Device for the Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis
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Abolaeha, Osama Abohamiara
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1364067419
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2013, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, Electrical Engineering.
Abstract
Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) occurs in children under 10 years of age and many cases have a higher probability of progression during growth. The EOS has been treated with “growing rod” procedure to avoid interference with spinal growth. Patients have to undergo a series of operations to have the rod lengthened for maintaining the correction without affecting the growth of the spine. Adjusting the rods requiring major surgery, costly, and is associated with negative psychosocial outcomes. In an attempt to solve these problems, we have developed a new smart medical device namely, Smart Growing Rod Device (SGRD), that proposes treating EOS with less invasive procedures to minimize the complications associated with the current techniques as well as reducing cost and improving treatment control. This innovative device will have an internal control system, allowing the growing rod to be adjusted based on neural network estimated monthly growth value and a pressure sensor, which determines when the optimum length has been reached. This is accomplished without X rays or other scanning. This study investigates the proposed SGRD for the treatment of EOS via testing our prototype smart growing device with scoliosis model and also with a spine finite element model. The results of those models are very promising and demonstrate system function and effectiveness for treatment of EOS. This will improve quality of life for scoliosis patients, and is more cost-effective than is the traditional growing rod procedure.
Committee
John Weber (Advisor)
Pages
135 p.
Subject Headings
Biomechanics
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Biomedical Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
Keywords
intelligent control systems
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Early Onset Scoliosis
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trajectory generation algorithm
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finite element method
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Abolaeha, O. A. (2013).
Smart Growing Rod Device for the Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis
[Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1364067419
APA Style (7th edition)
Abolaeha, Osama.
Smart Growing Rod Device for the Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis .
2013. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1364067419.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Abolaeha, Osama. "Smart Growing Rod Device for the Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1364067419
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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