Determining rotational deformity in broken forearms
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2003
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Stokes, Y.
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ANZIAM Journal, 2003; 44(4):561-568
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Y. M. Stokes
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To assess rotational deformity in a broken forearm, an orthopaedic surgeon needs to determine the amount of rotation of the radius from one or more two-dimensional x-rays of the fracture. This requires only simple first-year university mathematics --- rotational transformations of ellipses plus a little differential calculus --- which yields a general formula giving the rotation angle from information obtained from an x-ray. Preliminary comparisons with experimental results are excellent. This is a practical problem that may be useful to motivate the teaching of conic sections.
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© Australian Mathematical Society 2003