Results: Noisy Knees can signal potential Arthritis!
Published on 10/18/2019
Technology used by engineers to listen for faults in bridges could be used to diagnose 'noisy' arthritic knees, a study suggests.
It involved a tiny microphone being attached to participants' knees to pick up high-frequency sounds.
Although not audible to humans, the waveforms can be analysed by computers to give an insight into knee health.
Better diagnosis of osteoarthritis and more tailored treatments are possible, the researchers said.
But they acknowledged that more research and trials in larger numbers of people were needed first.
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Do you know anyone who has arthritis?
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Medical Technology takes inspiration from other sciences, for example this microphone uses similar technology as that being used in civil engineering to fix gaps in bridges. Do you feel interdisciplinary subjects will have a better career in future ? Yes
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