KT-1000 VS. GNRB VIDEO: TESTING THE ACL WITH BOTH ARTHROMETERS
The KT-1000 arthrometer was a medical device that received critical acclaim in the 1990's regarding ACL diagnosis. Since then, it remained a reference in its field of application until the company Medmetric terminated its production in 2015.
Hopefully, Genourob created the first automated arthrometer, the GNRB as an alternative and more reliable solution with new advanced features: automation, reproducibility, more accurate data collection on the ACL (compliance curves)...
KT-1000 vs. GNRB
Technical characteristics table
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Comparison criteria’s |
KT-1000 | GNRB |
| Type of testing | Static: Displacement data at 134 N |
Dynamic: Force/Displacement curves (1 to 200N) |
| Tightening | Handmade: User dependent | Sensor: Data automatically collected |
| Device positioning | No data | Ruler: Data on foot positioning collected |
| Force applied | Handmade: User dependent | LDA software: Various controlled tibial forces can be chosen |
| Displacement | Sound: Device beeps if displacement >3mm | Sensor: Data automatically collected |
| Results | Handmade: Hand written | LDA software: Data automatically saved |
| Test timing (min) | 2:15 | 2:58 |
| Use | Pre-surgery | Pre-Surgery and Post-surgery |