Table 1.
Comparative analysis of the monitoring methods already proposed to fulfil the effectiveness criteriaa.
| Methodologies | Fixation | Methods | Requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |||
| Vibrometric | Cementless | Ext. mechanical excitation–ext. mechanical output | ||||||
| Ext. magnetic induction–ext. mechanical output | ||||||||
| Int. mechanical excitation–ext. mechanical output | ||||||||
| Cemented | Ext. mechanical excitation–ext. mechanical output | |||||||
| Ext. mechanical excitation–int. mechanical output | ||||||||
| Acoustic | Cementless | Ext. mechanical excitation–ext. acoustic signal | ||||||
| Int. mechanical excitation–ext. acoustic output | ||||||||
| Ext. magnetic induction–ext. acoustic output | ||||||||
| Cemented | Ext. mechanical excitation–ext. acoustic output | |||||||
| Int. mechanical excitation–ext. acoustic output | ||||||||
| Int. mechanical excitation–int. acoustic output | ||||||||
| Ext. acoustic excitation–ext. acoustic output | ||||||||
| Bioelectric impedance | Cementless | Ext. current excitation–ext. voltage output | ||||||
| Magnetic induction | Cementless | Ext. magnetic induction excitation–ext. magnetic induction output | ||||||
| Strain | Cementless | Int. mechanical loading excitation–int. deformation output | ||||||
| Int. mechanical loading output–int. deformation output | ||||||||
| Cosurface capacitance | Cementless | Int. voltage excitation–int. capacitance output | ||||||
aTerminology: Int.—intracorporeal; Ext.—extracorporeal.