An EKG for the Knee (MDDI)
The KneeKG evaluates knee functional deficiencies while the joint is in motion and bearing weight, providing physicians with more information about diseases or injuries than static technologies such as x-ray or MRI.
Knee pain due to arthritis or injury is the second most common cause of chronic pain in the United States. Osteoarthritis affects more than 30 million adults in the United States. And the rate of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears among children and teens has been increasing about 2.3% per year for the past two decades, according to a new study.
The specific cause of a patient’s knee pain has always been difficult to determine because diagnostic tools such as x-ray or MRI only image the joint in a static standing or lying down position, not in motion when the patient is feeling pain.
“So what's been missing is a tool to understand exactly what's going on in the knee, what are the mechanical deficits in the knee that correlate with these [pain] symptoms,” said Michelle Laflamme, CEO of Emovi, in an interview with MD+DI.
Emovi’s KneeKG is an in-clinic device that measures knee function with objective and quantifia...
