Biomechanical Phenomena

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 3D traction stresses activate protease-dependent invasion of cancer cells. 
  • A biomechanical analysis of skull form in gum-harvesting galagids. 
  • A biomechanical comparative analysis of two techniques for tibiotalar arthrodesis. 
  • A biomechanical comparison of distal clavicle fracture reconstructive techniques. 
  • A biomechanical comparison of initial fixation strength of 3 different methods of anterior cruciate ligament soft tissue graft tibial fixation: resistance to monotonic and cyclic loading. 
  • A biomechanical comparison of intramedullary nail and crossed lag screw fixation for tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis. 
  • A biomechanical comparison of suture constructs used for coracoclavicular fixation. 
  • A biomechanical comparison of the methods for treating Kienböck's disease. 
  • A biomechanical study of human lateral ankle ligaments and autogenous reconstructive grafts. 
  • A comment on: the instantaneous center of rotation during human jaw opening and its significance in interpreting the functional meaning of condylar translation (Chen, x., 1998, Am J phys anthropol 106:35-46) 
  • A comparison of physical characteristics and swing mechanics between golfers with and without a history of low back pain. 
  • A constant stress creep testing machine. 
  • A device to study the effects of stretch gradients on cell behavior. 
  • A focal stress gradient-dependent mass transfer mechanism for atherogenesis in branching arteries. 
  • A kinematic and anthropometric study of the upper cervical spine and the occipital condyles. 
  • A literature review of studies evaluating gluteus maximus and gluteus medius activation during rehabilitation exercises. 
  • A modern human humerus from the early aurignacian of Vogelherdhöhle (Stetten, Germany). 
  • A neural network model for cell classification based on single-cell biomechanical properties. 
  • A new model predicting locomotor cost from limb length via force production. 
  • A partial pelvis of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • A single set of biomechanical variables cannot predict jump performance across various jumping tasks. 
  • A system to monitor statin-induced myopathy in individual engineered skeletal muscle myobundles. 
  • A technique for using strain gauges to evaluate airbag interaction with cadaveric upper extremities. 
  • A theoretical study of inertial cavitation from acoustic radiation force impulse imaging and implications for the mechanical index. 
  • A three-dimensional biomechanical analysis of sumo and conventional style deadlifts. 
  • A threshold and continuum of injury during active stretch of rabbit skeletal muscle. 
  • A unified theory for the energy cost of legged locomotion. 
  • A wider pelvis does not increase locomotor cost in humans, with implications for the evolution of childbirth. 
  • Achilles tendon healing: a correlation between functional and mechanical performance in the rat. 
  • Achilles tendon injuries: a comparison of surgical repair versus no repair in a rat model. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the mechanical properties of arteries: in vivo and ex vivo results. 
  • Adjacent tissues (cartilage, bone) affect the functional integration of engineered calf cartilage in vitro. 
  • Agarose gel stiffness determines rate of DRG neurite extension in 3D cultures. 
  • Age and gender effects on lower extremity kinematics of youth soccer players in a stop-jump task. 
  • All-inside meniscal repair devices compared with their matched inside-out vertical mattress suture repair: introducing 10,000 and 100,000 loading cycles. 
  • Allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a sheep model. The effect of synthetic augmentation. 
  • Allosteric modulation of β-arrestin-biased angiotensin II type 1 receptor signaling by membrane stretch. 
  • Alterations in the mechanical behavior of the human lumbar nucleus pulposus with degeneration and aging. 
  • An electromyographic analysis of sumo and conventional style deadlifts. 
  • Anabolic steroids. 
  • Anatomy and biomechanics of the posterolateral corner of the knee. 
  • Anatomy and pathomechanics of shoulder instability. 
  • Anisotropic and inhomogeneous tensile behavior of the human anulus fibrosus: experimental measurement and material model predictions. 
  • Anterior cruciate ligament deficiency alters the in vivo motion of the tibiofemoral cartilage contact points in both the anteroposterior and mediolateral directions. 
  • Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Bone-patella tendon-bone versus semitendinosus anatomic reconstruction. 
  • Antibiotic-loaded cement in total hip replacement: current indications, efficacy, and complications. 
  • Arch structure is associated with unique joint work, relative joint contributions and stiffness during landing. 
  • Are There Differences in Gait Mechanics in Patients With A Fixed Versus Mobile Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty? A Randomized Trial. 
  • Asymmetric drop coalescence launches fungal ballistospores with directionality. 
  • Australopithecus sediba hand demonstrates mosaic evolution of locomotor and manipulative abilities. 
  • Awareness affects the response of human subjects exposed to a single whiplash-like perturbation. 
  • Bandwidth and sample rate requirements for wearable head impact sensors. 
  • Bending of the looping heart: differential growth revisited. 
  • Bilateral differences in gait mechanics following total ankle replacement: a two year longitudinal study. 
  • Bioengineered human myobundles mimic clinical responses of skeletal muscle to drugs. 
  • Biological basis of bone formation, remodeling, and repair-part III: biomechanical forces. 
  • Biomechanical Comparison of External Fixation and Compression Screws for Transverse Tarsal Joint Arthrodesis. 
  • Biomechanical Comparison of Suture-Button Suspensionplasty and LRTI for Basilar Thumb Arthritis. 
  • Biomechanical analysis of silicon microelectrode-induced strain in the brain. 
  • Biomechanical analysis of the deadlift during the 1999 Special Olympics World Games. 
  • Biomechanical analysis of the pectoralis major tendon and comparison of techniques for tendo-osseous repair. 
  • Biomechanical and histologic assessment of a controlled muscle strain injury treated with piroxicam. 
  • Biomechanical and histological evaluation of muscle after controlled strain injury. 
  • Biomechanical assessment of flexible flatfoot correction: comparison of techniques in a cadaver model. 
  • Biomechanical characteristics of human ankle ligaments. 
  • Biomechanical comparison of figure-of-8 versus cylindrical tibial inlay constructs for arthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Biomechanical comparison of occipitoatlantal screw fixation techniques. 
  • Biomechanical comparison of stimulated and nonstimulated skeletal muscle pulled to failure. 
  • Biomechanical consequences of PCL deficiency in the knee under simulated muscle loads--an in vitro experimental study. 
  • Biomechanical evaluation of a simulated Bankart lesion. 
  • Biomechanical factors in tissue engineered meniscal repair. 
  • Biomechanical implications of intraspecific shape variation in chimpanzee crania: moving toward an integration of geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis. 
  • Biomechanical response targets for physical and computational models of the pediatric trunk. 
  • Biomechanics of running indicates endothermy in bipedal dinosaurs. 
  • Biomechanics of torsion in the human mandible. 
  • Biomechanics: deadly strike mechanism of a mantis shrimp. 
  • Biostable electrospun microfibrous scaffolds mitigate hypertrophic scar contraction in an immune-competent murine model. 
  • Bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion in chimpanzees. 
  • Blast injury research: modeling injury effects of landmines, bullets, and bombs. 
  • Blood flow and oxygen uptake increase with total power during five different knee-extension contraction rates. 
  • Blood flow in major blood vessels-modeling and experiments 
  • Body size and lower limb posture during walking in humans. 
  • Bone Marrow Stress Decreases Osteogenic Progenitors. 
  • Can we predict response to the McKenzie method in patients with acute low back pain? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Cardiovascular devices and platelet interactions: understanding the role of injury, flow, and cellular responses. 
  • Cartilage-Specific Knockout of the Mechanosensory Ion Channel TRPV4 Decreases Age-Related Osteoarthritis. 
  • Cartilage-like mechanical properties of poly (ethylene glycol)-diacrylate hydrogels. 
  • Cell Sheet Morphogenesis: Dorsal Closure in Drosophila melanogaster as a Model System. 
  • Cell and Tissue Engineering. Proceedings of a symposium. Big Sky, Montana, USA. June 16-20, 1999. 
  • Cell mechanics and mechanobiology in the intervertebral disc. 
  • Cell mechanics: dissecting the physical responses of cells to force. 
  • Cementation of a polyethylene liner into a metal shell. 
  • Cervical spine injuries in pediatric athletes: mechanisms and management. 
  • Changes in aerodynamics during vocal cord dysfunction. 
  • Characterization of a composite injury model of severe lower limb bone and nerve trauma. 
  • Chronic Achilles Ruptures: Reconstructive Options. 
  • Closing the gap between bench and bedside research for early arthritis therapies (EARTH): report from the AOSSM/NIH U-13 Post-Joint Injury Osteoarthritis Conference II. 
  • Colonic irritation in the rat sensitizes urinary bladder afferents to mechanical and chemical stimuli: an afferent origin of pelvic organ cross-sensitization. 
  • Combining levodopa and virtual reality-based therapy for rehabilitation of the upper limb after acute stroke: pilot study Part II. 
  • Comparative functional analysis of skull morphology of tree-gouging primates. 
  • Comparison of Hybrid III child test dummies to pediatric PMHS in blunt thoracic impact response. 
  • Comparison of corneal biomechanical properties between healthy blacks and whites using the Ocular Response Analyzer. 
  • Comparison of native porcine skin and a dermal substitute using tensiometry and digital image speckle correlation. 
  • Competing influences on morphological modularity in biomechanical systems: a case study in mantis shrimp. 
  • Complete canthi removal reveals that forces from the amnioserosa alone are sufficient to drive dorsal closure in Drosophila. 
  • Complications Are Not Increased With Acetabular Revision of Metal-on-metal Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Compressibility of perfused passive myocardium. 
  • Compressive mechanical properties of the human anulus fibrosus and their relationship to biochemical composition. 
  • Computation and physiology of sensory-motor processing in eye movements. 
  • Computer modeling of airbag-induced ocular injury in pilots wearing night vision goggles. 
  • Construction, imaging, and analysis of FRET-based tension sensors in living cells. 
  • Contests with deadly weapons: telson sparring in mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda). 
  • Contribution of articular surface geometry to ankle stabilization. 
  • Control and function of arm swing in human walking and running. 
  • Controversies in diagnosis and management of syndesmosis injuries of the ankle. 
  • Corneal Hysteresis and Progressive Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Loss in Glaucoma. 
  • Corneal biomechanical properties and retinal vascular caliber in children. 
  • Craniovertebral junction fixation with transarticular screws: biomechanical analysis of a novel technique. 
  • Crossing regimes of temperature dependence in animal movement. 
  • Cruciate ligament force during the wall squat and the one-leg squat. 
  • Cruciate ligament forces between short-step and long-step forward lunge. 
  • Current concepts in locked plating. 
  • Cyclic loading alters biomechanical properties and secretion of PGE2 and NO from tendon explants. 
  • Delayed fracture healing and increased callus adiposity in a C57BL/6J murine model of obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus. 
  • Design features of current total ankle replacements: implants and instrumentation. 
  • Determinants of corneal biomechanical properties in an adult Chinese population. 
  • Developing pressures: fluid forces driving morphogenesis. 
  • Development of an experimental system for the study of urethral biomechanical function. 
  • Development of injury criteria for pelvic fracture in frontal crashes. 
  • Diastolic anisotropic properties of the left ventricle in the conscious dog. 
  • Diastolic right ventricular filling vortex in normal and volume overload states. 
  • Diet and dental topography in pitheciine seed predators. 
  • Differences in plantar loading between flat and normal feet during different athletic tasks. 
  • Differential regulation of myometrial prostaglandin production by changes in length. 
  • Directing clinical care using lower extremity biomechanics in patients with ankle osteoarthritis and ankle arthroplasty. 
  • Discussion: "On the Thermodynamical Admissibility of the Triphasic Theory of Charged Hydrated Tissues" (Huyghe, J. M., Wilson, W., and Malakpoor, K., ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 2009, 131, p. 044504). 
  • Distributing a fixed amount of cyclic loading to tendon explants over longer periods induces greater cellular and mechanical responses. 
  • Does adjustable-loop femoral cortical suspension loosen after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? A retrospective comparative study. 
  • Dynamic confirmation of fixation techniques of the tibial tubercle osteotomy. 
  • Dynamic mechanical response of elastic spherical inclusions to impulsive acoustic radiation force excitation. 
  • Dynamic responses of the head and cervical spine to axial impact loading. 
  • Dynamics of Forced Nucleosome Unraveling and Role of Nonuniform Histone-DNA Interactions 
  • Dynamics of human coronary arterial motion and its potential role in coronary atherogenesis 
  • Effect of Swim Training on the Physical Characteristics of Competitive Adolescent Swimmers. 
  • Effect of cyclic stretch on beta1D-integrin expression and activation of FAK and RhoA. 
  • Effect of end-stage hip, knee, and ankle osteoarthritis on walking mechanics. 
  • Effect of fatigue on knee kinetics and kinematics in stop-jump tasks. 
  • Effect of footwear on high and low arched runners' mechanics during a prolonged run. 
  • Effect of implantation accuracy on ankle contact mechanics with a metallic focal resurfacing implant. 
  • Effect of laterally wedged foot orthoses on rearfoot and hip mechanics in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. 
  • Effect of normal gait on in vivo tibiofemoral cartilage strains. 
  • Effect of pigmentation on the mechanical and polymerization characteristics of bone cement. 
  • Effect of soccer footwear on landing mechanics. 
  • Effect of the mandible on mouthguard measurements of head kinematics. 
  • Effects of acetabular rim trimming on hip joint contact pressures: how much is too much? 
  • Effects of an age-specific anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention program on lower extremity biomechanics in children. 
  • Effects of cardiac motion on right coronary artery hemodynamics 
  • Effects of concurrent use of an ankle support with a laterally wedged insole for medial knee osteoarthritis. 
  • Effects of coronally slotted femoral prostheses on cortical bone strain. 
  • Effects of knee extension constraint training on knee flexion angle and peak impact ground-reaction force. 
  • Effects of throwing overweight and underweight baseballs on throwing velocity and accuracy. 
  • Effects of wearing foot orthosis with medial arch support on the fifth metatarsal loading and ankle inversion angle in selected basketball tasks. 
  • Elastic properties and masticatory bone stress in the macaque mandible. 
  • Electromyographic and kinematic analysis of cutting maneuvers. Implications for anterior cruciate ligament injury. 
  • Electromyography of the anterior temporalis and masseter muscles of owl monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus) and the function of the postorbital septum. 
  • Electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction evidence for two Z-band structural states. 
  • Electrophysiological effects of transient aortic occlusion in intact canine heart. 
  • Elevated hydrostatic pressure stimulates ATP release which mediates activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome via P2X4 in rat urothelial cells. 
  • Elevated intrabolus pressure identifies obstructive processes when integrated relaxation pressure is normal on esophageal high-resolution manometry. 
  • Emergent properties during dorsal closure in Drosophila morphogenesis. 
  • Emergent properties during dorsal closure in Drosophila morphogenesis. 
  • Engineering of a microfluidic cell culture platform embedded with nanoscale features. 
  • Enhancing mechanical properties of tissue-engineered constructs via lysyl oxidase crosslinking activity. 
  • Equilibrium sampling for biomolecules under mechanical tension. 
  • Evaluation of suture techniques for mitral valve replacement. 
  • Evidence for Hydraulic Vulnerability Segmentation and Lack of Xylem Refilling under Tension. 
  • Evidence for an electrostatic mechanism of force generation by the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging motor. 
  • Experimental determination of wall shear rate in canine carotid arteries perfused in vitro. 
  • Experimental impact injury to the cervical spine: relating motion of the head and the mechanism of injury. 
  • Experimental observation, theoretical models, and biomechanical inference in the study of mandibular form. 
  • Experimental studies of the thermal effects associated with radiation force imaging of soft tissue. 
  • Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus. 
  • Extreme obesity due to impaired leptin signaling in mice does not cause knee osteoarthritis. 
  • Factors influencing the long-term behavior of extracellular matrix-derived scaffolds for musculoskeletal soft tissue repair. 
  • Feasibility of using orthogonal fluoroscopic images to measure in vivo joint kinematics. 
  • Feed-forward motor control of ultrafast, ballistic movements. 
  • Feeding rates and under-ice foraging strategies of the smallest lunge filter feeder, the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). 
  • Flexion and extension structural properties and strengths for male cervical spine segments. 
  • Flexor tendon tissue engineering: bioreactor cyclic strain increases construct strength. 
  • Food mechanical properties, feeding ecology, and the mandibular morphology of wild orangutans. 
  • Foot and ankle problems in rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Force generation by kinesin and myosin cytoskeletal motor proteins. 
  • Force plate for measuring the ground reaction forces in small animal locomotion. 
  • Function of posterior cruciate ligament bundles during in vivo knee flexion. 
  • Functional and evolutionary significance of the recruitment and firing patterns of the jaw adductors during chewing in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). 
  • Functional associations between support use and forelimb shape in strepsirrhines and their relevance to inferring locomotor behavior in early primates. 
  • Functional correlates of the position of the axis of rotation of the mandible during chewing in non-human primates. 
  • Functional tissue engineering: the role of biomechanics in reparative medicine. 
  • Gait analysis of patients with resurfacing hip arthroplasty compared with hip osteoarthritis and standard total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Gender Differences in Static and Dynamic Postural Stability of Soldiers in the Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). 
  • Gender and limb differences in temporal gait parameters and gait variability in ankle osteoarthritis. 
  • Gender differences in landing mechanics vary depending on the type of landing. 
  • Grasping primate origins. 
  • Great ape walking kinematics: Implications for hominoid evolution. 
  • Growing up tough: Comparing the effects of food toughness on juvenile feeding in Sapajus libidinosus and Trachypithecus phayrei crepusculus. 
  • HEMODYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS OF PULSATILE FLOW THROUGH A COMPLIANT CAST OF A HUMAN AORTIC BIFURCATION. 
  • Hand preference status and reach kinematics in infants. 
  • Head and shoulder posture affect scapular mechanics and muscle activity in overhead tasks. 
  • Heart size-independent analysis of myocardial function in murine pressure overload hypertrophy. 
  • Hemodynamic and Mechanical Properties of the Proximal Aorta in Young and Middle-Aged Adults With Isolated Systolic Hypertension: The Dallas Heart Study. 
  • High Survivorship and Few Complications With Cementless Total Wrist Arthroplasty at a Mean Followup of 9 Years. 
  • High resistance of the mechanical properties of the chondrocyte pericellular matrix to proteoglycan digestion by chondroitinase, aggrecanase, or hyaluronidase. 
  • High-intensity strength training in nonagenarians. Effects on skeletal muscle. 
  • High-throughput screening for modulators of cellular contractile force. 
  • Hip extensor mechanics and the evolution of walking and climbing capabilities in humans, apes, and fossil hominins. 
  • Hip, Knee, and Ankle Osteoarthritis Negatively Affects Mechanical Energy Exchange. 
  • Histochemical correlates of hamstring injuries. 
  • How few? Bayesian statistics in injury biomechanics. 
  • Human Physiology in an Aquatic Environment. 
  • Human breast cancer invasion and aggression correlates with ECM stiffening and immune cell infiltration. 
  • Identification of a threshold for skeletal muscle injury. 
  • Identification of nonvisual photomotor response cells in the vertebrate hindbrain. 
  • Imaging of athletic pubalgia and core muscle injuries: clinical and therapeutic correlations. 
  • Imaging of the Pelvis and Lower Extremity: Demystifying Uncommon Sources of Pelvic Pain. 
  • Immunofluorescence-guided atomic force microscopy to measure the micromechanical properties of the pericellular matrix of porcine articular cartilage. 
  • Impact of psychosocial factors, pain, and functional limitations on throwing athletes who return to sport following elbow injuries: a case series. 
  • Impact of subsidence on clinical outcomes and radiographic fusion rates in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review. 
  • Importance of muscle activations for biofidelic pediatric neck response in computational models. 
  • In Vivo Tibial Cartilage Strains in Regions of Cartilage-to-Cartilage Contact and Cartilage-to-Meniscus Contact in Response to Walking. 
  • In vitro comparison of fragmentation efficiency of flexible pneumatic lithotripsy using 2 flexible ureteroscopes. 
  • In vivo articular cartilage contact kinematics of the knee: an investigation using dual-orthogonal fluoroscopy and magnetic resonance image-based computer models. 
  • In vivo bone strain and finite element modeling of a rhesus macaque mandible during mastication. 
  • In vivo cartilage strain increases following medial meniscal tear and correlates with synovial fluid matrix metalloproteinase activity. 
  • In vivo elongation of the anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament during knee flexion. 
  • In vivo function of the posterior cruciate ligament during weightbearing knee flexion. 
  • In vivo glenohumeral translation under anterior loading in an open-MRI set-up. 
  • In vivo kinematics of the ACL during weight-bearing knee flexion. 
  • In vivo kinematics of the tibiotalar joint after lateral ankle instability. 
  • In vivo measurement of ACL length and relative strain during walking. 
  • In vivo measurement of localized tibiofemoral cartilage strains in response to dynamic activity. 
  • In vivo penetration mechanics and mechanical properties of mouse brain tissue at micrometer scales. 
  • In vivo tibiofemoral contact analysis using 3D MRI-based knee models. 
  • In-vivo bone strain as an indicator of masticatory bite force in Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Increased medial longitudinal arch mobility, lower extremity kinematics, and ground reaction forces in high-arched runners. 
  • Increased tibiofemoral cartilage contact deformation in patients with anterior cruciate ligament deficiency. 
  • Influence of curvature dynamics on pulsatile coronary artery flow in a realistic bifurcation model. 
  • Influence of teeth, alveoli, and periodontal ligaments on torsional rigidity in human mandibles. 
  • Inhibitor binding increases the mechanical stability of staphylococcal nuclease. 
  • Instruction of jump-landing technique using videotape feedback: altering lower extremity motion patterns. 
  • Integration of total internal reflection microscopy and atomic force microscopy (TIRFM-AFM) to study mechanotransduction in endothelial cells 
  • Interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and transforming growth factor-beta 1 and integrative meniscal repair: influences on meniscal cell proliferation and migration. 
  • Intramedullary screw fixation of Jones fractures. 
  • In vivo bone strain in the mandibular corpus of Sapajus during a range of oral food processing behaviors. 
  • Ion channels contribute to the regulation of cell sheet forces during Drosophila dorsal closure. 
  • Is There a Benefit to Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene in Posterior-stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Randomized Trial. 
  • Jaw-muscle electromyography during chewing in Belanger's treeshrews (Tupaia belangeri). 
  • Jones fracture fixation: a biomechanical comparison of partially threaded screws versus tapered variable pitch screws. 
  • Kinematic and dynamic gait compensations resulting from knee instability in a rat model of osteoarthritis. 
  • Kinematic characterization of standing reach: comparison of younger vs. older subjects. 
  • Kinematic response of the spine during simulated aircraft ejections. 
  • Kinematics and electromyography of landing preparation in vertical stop-jump: risks for noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury. 
  • Knee Kinematics During Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury as Determined From Bone Bruise Location. 
  • Landing Kinematics and Kinetics at the Knee During Different Landing Tasks. 
  • Large deformation finite element analysis of micropipette aspiration to determine the mechanical properties of the chondrocyte. 
  • Lateral mass versus hybrid construct for cervical laminectomy and fusion. 
  • Learning to control a brain-machine interface for reaching and grasping by primates. 
  • Letter to the editors: Concerning words and people. 
  • Levers and linkages: mechanical trade-offs in a power-amplified system. 
  • Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike. 
  • Living in a physical world II. The bio-ballistics of small projectiles. 
  • Living in a physical world III. Getting up to speed. 
  • Living in a physical world VI. Gravity and life in the air. 
  • Living in a physical world XII. Keeping up upward and down downward. 
  • Locomotion in the horse: a procedure for computing the internal forces in the digit. 
  • Locomotion in the horse: kinematics and external and internal forces in the normal equine digit in the walk and trot. 
  • Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominins. 
  • Long-term biomechanical outcomes after Achilles tendon ruptures. 
  • Loss of flexion after radial head replacement. 
  • Low-dose dobutamine tissue-tagged magnetic resonance imaging with 3-dimensional strain analysis allows assessment of myocardial viability in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Lower extremity biomechanics during the landing of a stop-jump task. 
  • MCL injuries of the knee: current concepts review. 
  • MRCK-1 Drives Apical Constriction in C. elegans by Linking Developmental Patterning to Force Generation. 
  • MRI-based characterization of bone anatomy in the human knee for size matching of a medial meniscal implant. 
  • Maladaptive matrix remodeling and regional biomechanical dysfunction in a mouse model of aortic valve disease. 
  • Male and Female Cervical Spine Biomechanics and Anatomy: Implication for Scaling Injury Criteria. 
  • Management of iatrogenic flat-back syndrome. 
  • Management of medial-sided knee injuries, part 2: posteromedial corner. 
  • Measurement of in vivo anterior cruciate ligament strain during dynamic jump landing. 
  • Measurement of wall motion and wall shear in a compliant arterial cast 
  • Mechanical behavior of articular cartilage in shear is altered by transection of the anterior cruciate ligament. 
  • Mechanical behavior of human embryonic stem cell pellet under unconfined compression. 
  • Mechanical comparison of fixation techniques for the tibial tubercle osteotomy. 
  • Mechanical compression during repeated sustained isometric muscle contractions and hyperemic recovery in healthy young males. 
  • Mechanical culture conditions effect gene expression: gravity-induced changes on the space shuttle. 
  • Mechanical defenses in leaves eaten by Costa Rican howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata). 
  • Mechanical determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption in conscious dogs. 
  • Mechanical feedback through E-cadherin promotes direction sensing during collective cell migration. 
  • Mechanical properties of a dental ceramic coated by RF magnetron sputtering. 
  • Mechanical sensitivity reveals evolutionary dynamics of mechanical systems. 
  • Mechanical unfolding intermediates in titin modules. 
  • Mechanics considerations for microporous titanium as an orthopedic implant material. 
  • Mechanism of natriuresis during intrarenal infusion of prostaglandins. 
  • Mechanism of shear force-dependent monocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium 
  • Mechanisms of anterior cruciate ligament injury. 
  • Mechanisms of basilar skull fracture. 
  • Mechanisms of hyperoxic injury to the pulmonary microcirculation. 
  • Mechanisms of inflammation and leukocyte chemotaxis in the rheumatic diseases. 
  • Mechanisms of substance P-induced contraction of rabbit airway smooth muscle. 
  • Mechanobiology of the intervertebral disc and relevance to disc degeneration. 
  • Mechanobiology of the meniscus. 
  • Mechanoreception at the cellular level: the detection, interpretation, and diversity of responses to mechanical signals. 
  • Mechanotransmission in endothelial cells subjected to oscillatory and multi-directional shear flow. 
  • Meta-analysis on biomechanical properties of meniscus repairs: are devices better than sutures? 
  • Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality. 
  • Metacarpal head biomechanics: a comparative backscattered electron image analysis of trabecular bone mineral density in Pan troglodytes, Pongo pygmaeus, and Homo sapiens. 
  • Method for decellularizing skeletal muscle without detergents or proteolytic enzymes. 
  • Microcapsules with improved mechanical stability for hepatocyte culture. 
  • Micropipette aspiration of living cells. 
  • Modeling the adaptive permeability response of porcine iliac arteries to acute changes in mural shear 
  • Modeling the biomechanics of articular eminence function in anthropoid primates. 
  • Multifunctionality and mechanical origins: ballistic jaw propulsion in trap-jaw ants. 
  • Muscle force production during bent-knee, bent-hip walking in humans. 
  • Muscle force recruitment and biomechanical modeling: an analysis of masseter muscle function during mastication in Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Muscle strain injuries: clinical and basic aspects. 
  • Muscle-spring dynamics in time-limited, elastic movements. 
  • Muscle-tendon lengths according to sagittal knee kinematics in patients with cerebral palsy: differences between recurvatum and crouch knee. 
  • Nandrolone decanoate and load increase remodeling and strength in human supraspinatus bioartificial tendons. 
  • Navicular stress fractures. 
  • Neuromuscular and biomechanical adaptations of patients with isolated deficiency of the posterior cruciate ligament. 
  • Neuromuscular and biomechanical characteristic changes in high school athletes: a plyometric versus basic resistance program. 
  • Neuromuscular and biomechanical characteristics do not vary across the menstrual cycle. 
  • Neuromuscular and biomechanical landing performance subsequent to ipsilateral semitendinosus and gracilis autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Neurophysiology of prehension. III. Representation of object features in posterior parietal cortex of the macaque monkey. 
  • New tools for Content Innovation and data sharing: Enhancing reproducibility and rigor in biomechanics research. 
  • Nonlever action of the mandible: the return of the hydra. 
  • Nonmuscle myosin II generates forces that transmit tension and drive contraction in multiple tissues during dorsal closure. 
  • Novel Angular Measures of Cervical Deformity Account for Upper Cervical Compensation and Sagittal Alignment. 
  • Numerical investigation and prediction of atherogenic sites in branching arteries. 
  • On the mechanism of pathogenesis of human myasthenia gravis. 
  • Ontogenetic changes in foot strike pattern and calcaneal loading during walking in young children. 
  • Ontogeny of feeding motor patterns in infant rats: an electromyographic analysis of suckling and chewing. 
  • Operative treatment for peroneal tendon disorders. 
  • Optical Phase Measurements of Disorder Strength Link Microstructure to Cell Stiffness. 
  • Overlapping intramedullary nailing after failed minimally invasive locked plating for osteoporotic distal femur fractures--Report of 2 cases. 
  • Parameters for lithium treatment are critical in its enhancement of fracture-healing in rodents. 
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes, Function, and Gait Mechanics After Fixed and Mobile-Bearing Total Ankle Replacement. 
  • Patterns of glenohumeral motion loss in patients with chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy and subacromial impingement. 
  • Pendular motion in the brachiation of captive Lagothrix and Ateles. 
  • Phase II jaw movements and masseter muscle activity during chewing in Papio anubis. 
  • Phylogeny, scaling, and the generation of extreme forces in trap-jaw ants. 
  • Physical and Performance Characteristics Related to Unintentional Musculoskeletal Injury in Special Forces Operators: A Prospective Analysis. 
  • Plantar loading comparisons between women with a history of second metatarsal stress fractures and normal controls. 
  • Plantar pressure distribution after tibiotalar arthrodesis. 
  • Positional effects of the knee and ankle on the ends of acute Achilles tendon ruptures. 
  • Possible role of cell cycle-dependent morphology, geometry, and mechanical properties in tumor cell metastasis. 
  • Posterior-stabilized versus posterior cruciate ligament-retaining total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Predicting normal glenoid version from the pathologic scapula: a comparison of 4 methods in 2- and 3-dimensional models. 
  • Predicting the energy cost of terrestrial locomotion: a test of the LiMb model in humans and quadrupeds. 
  • Prediction of Dynamic Postural Stability During Single-Leg Jump Landings by Ankle and Knee Flexibility and Strength. 
  • Prenatal exposure to ethanol decreases the sensitivity of the adult rat hippocampus to N-methyl-D-aspartate. 
  • Prevention of ACL injury, part I: injury characteristics, risk factors, and loading mechanism. 
  • Primary blast injury causes cognitive impairments and hippocampal circuit alterations. 
  • Primate dietary ecology in the context of food mechanical properties. 
  • Probing Cell Deformability via Acoustically Actuated Bubbles. 
  • Probing the Link among Genomic Cargo, Contact Mechanics, and Nanoindentation in Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus 2. 
  • Prolonged total circulatory support using direct mechanical ventricular actuation. 
  • Protein phosphorylation: hormones, drugs, and bioregulation. 
  • Proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure. 
  • Pulmonary injury risk assessment for long-duration blasts: a meta-analysis. 
  • Pulsatile blood flow effects on temperature distribution and heat transfer in rigid vessels. 
  • Quadriceps tendon rupture: a biomechanical comparison of transosseous equivalent double-row suture anchor versus transosseous tunnel repair. 
  • Quantification of 3-D coronary arterial motion using clinical biplane cineangiograms 
  • Quantification of cross-sectional artery wall motion with IVUS image registration 
  • Quantitative measurement of postural sway in mouse models of human neurodegenerative disease. 
  • Quantitative microscopy and nanoscopy of sickle red blood cells performed by wide field digital interferometry. 
  • Quantum mechanics simulation of protein dynamics on long timescale. 
  • Regional structure-function relationships in mouse aortic valve tissue. 
  • Regulation of chondrocytic gene expression by biomechanical signals. 
  • Relationship between T1rho magnetic resonance imaging, synovial fluid biomarkers, and the biochemical and biomechanical properties of cartilage. 
  • Relationship of performance on the sensory organization test to landing characteristics. 
  • Reliability of measurements of concentric and eccentric isokinetic loading. 
  • Remodeling Tissue Interfaces and the Thermodynamics of Zipping during Dorsal Closure in Drosophila. 
  • Responses of Purkinje cells in the oculomotor vermis of monkeys during smooth pursuit eye movements and saccades: comparison with floccular complex. 
  • Retention of adaptive control over varying intervals: prevention of slip- induced backward balance loss during gait. 
  • Retroversion of the humerus in the throwing shoulder of college baseball pitchers. 
  • Review of In Vivo Bone Strain Studies and Finite Element Models of the Zygomatic Complex in Humans and Nonhuman Primates: Implications for Clinical Research and Practice. 
  • Rhino horns and paper cups: deceptive similarities between natural and human designs. 
  • Risk of avulsion of the Achilles tendon after partial excision for treatment of insertional tendonitis and Haglund's deformity: a biomechanical study. 
  • Scaffold-mediated lentiviral transduction for functional tissue engineering of cartilage. 
  • Scaling of rotational inertia of primate mandibles. 
  • Scapula form and biomechanics in gorillas. 
  • Sensing heart stress. 
  • Sex differences in biomechanics associated with knee osteoarthritis. 
  • Sheath Cell Invasion and Trans-differentiation Repair Mechanical Damage Caused by Loss of Caveolae in the Zebrafish Notochord. 
  • Shock wave-inertial microbubble interaction: methodology, physical characterization, and bioeffect study. 
  • Shortcuts in arthroscopic knot tying: do they affect knot and loop security? 
  • Shoulder instability and impingement in throwing athletes. 
  • Spinal cord neural anatomy in rats examined by in vivo magnetic resonance microscopy. 
  • Spinal projection neurons control turning behaviors in zebrafish. 
  • Squeaking with a sliding joint: mechanics and motor control of sound production in palinurid lobsters 
  • Static linear and nonlinear elastic properties of normal and arterialized venous tissue in dog and man. 
  • Strain behavior of the distal achilles tendon: implications for insertional achilles tendinopathy. 
  • Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp. 
  • Subcortical neuronal ensembles: an analysis of motor task association, tremor, oscillations, and synchrony in human patients. 
  • Subtalar instability: diagnosis and treatment. 
  • Symphyseal fusion and jaw-adductor muscle force: an EMG study. 
  • Synovial fluid concentrations and relative potency of interleukin-1 alpha and beta in cartilage and meniscus degradation. 
  • Synthesis, characterization, and cyclic stress-influenced degradation of a poly(ethylene glycol)-based poly(beta-amino ester). 
  • Systematic Quantification of Stabilizing Effects of Subtalar Joint Soft-Tissue Constraints in a Novel Cadaveric Model. 
  • TGF-β regulates LARG and GEF-H1 during EMT to affect stiffening response to force and cell invasion. 
  • Technique for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. 
  • Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: an EMG study. 
  • Tensile failure properties of the perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric cadaveric cervical spine. 
  • Tension Creates an Endoreplication Wavefront that Leads Regeneration of Epicardial Tissue. 
  • Test-retest reliability and descriptive statistics of geometric measurements based on plantar pressure measurements in a healthy population during gait. 
  • The 6 degrees of freedom kinematics of the knee after anterior cruciate ligament deficiency: an in vivo imaging analysis. 
  • The Biomechanics of Bony Facial "Buttresses" in South African Australopiths: An Experimental Study Using Finite Element Analysis. 
  • The Impact of Lumbar Spine Disease and Deformity on Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes. 
  • The Laetoli footprints and early hominin locomotor kinematics. 
  • The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) Is a valid and reliable clinical assessment tool of jump-landing biomechanics: The JUMP-ACL study. 
  • The biomechanical effect of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on knee joint function. Kinematic response to simulated muscle loads. 
  • The biomechanical effects of 1.0 to 1.2 Mrad of γ irradiation on human bone-patellar tendon-bone allografts. 
  • The biomechanics of pedicle screw augmentation with cement. 
  • The captured launch of a ballistospore. 
  • The comparative hydrodynamics of rapid rotation by predatory appendages. 
  • The constructal-law physics of why swimmers must spread their fingers and toes. 
  • The detection and role of molecular tension in focal adhesion dynamics. 
  • The development of posttraumatic arthritis after articular fracture. 
  • The early effect of ibuprofen on the mechanical properties of healing medial collateral ligament. 
  • The effect of anterior cruciate ligament deficiency and reconstruction on the patellofemoral joint. 
  • The effect of anterior cruciate ligament deficiency on the in vivo elongation of the medial and lateral collateral ligaments. 
  • The effect of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on knee joint kinematics under simulated muscle loads. 
  • The effect of carried loads on the combative movement performance of men and women. 
  • The effect of compliance on wall shear in casts of a human aortic bifurcation 
  • The effect of extension constraint knee bracing on dynamic balance, gait mechanics, and joint alignment. 
  • The effect of mesenchymal stem cell sheets on structural allograft healing of critical sized femoral defects in mice. 
  • The effect of modified Broström-Gould repair for lateral ankle instability on in vivo tibiotalar kinematics. 
  • The effect of muscle architecture on the biomechanical failure properties of skeletal muscle under passive extension. 
  • The effect of posterior knee capsulotomy on posterior tibial translation during posterior cruciate ligament tibial inlay reconstruction. 
  • The effect of posterior polyester tethers on the biomechanics of proximal junctional kyphosis: a finite element analysis. 
  • The effect of tibiotalar alignment on coronal plane mechanics following total ankle replacement. 
  • The effects of 2 landing techniques on knee kinematics, kinetics, and performance during stop-jump and side-cutting tasks. 
  • The effects of ACL deficiency on mediolateral translation and varus-valgus rotation. 
  • The effects of feedback with and without strength training on lower extremity biomechanics. 
  • The effects of femoral graft placement on cartilage thickness after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • The effects of passive warming on muscle injury. 
  • The effects of strength training on the lower extremity biomechanics of female recreational athletes during a stop-jump task. 
  • The electromechanical substrate for response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with right bundle branch block. 
  • The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Paranthropus boisei. 
  • The foot and ankle of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • The functional adaptations of primate molar teeth. 
  • The gaits of primates: center of mass mechanics in walking, cantering and galloping ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta. 
  • The hands and feet of Archaeolemur: metrical affinities and their functional significance. 
  • The human gluteus maximus and its role in running. 
  • The human mandible: lever or link? 
  • The impact of physiological motion on tissue tracking during radiation force imaging. 
  • The impact of standing regional cervical sagittal alignment on outcomes in posterior cervical fusion surgery. 
  • The impact response of motorcycle helmets at different impact severities. 
  • The in vivo kinematics of the anteromedial and posterolateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament during weightbearing knee flexion. 
  • The influence of reduced friction on head injury metrics in helmeted head impacts. 
  • The influence of surface padding properties on head and neck injury risk. 
  • The inhibition by interleukin 1 of MSC chondrogenesis and the development of biomechanical properties in biomimetic 3D woven PCL scaffolds. 
  • The instantaneous center of rotation of the mandible in nonhuman primates. 
  • The kindling model of epilepsy: a critical review. 
  • The lower limb and mechanics of walking in Australopithecus sediba. 
  • The mechanical properties of the human hip capsule ligaments. 
  • The mechanisms of manual therapy in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain: a comprehensive model. 
  • The micromechanical environment of intervertebral disc cells: effect of matrix anisotropy and cell geometry predicted by a linear model. 
  • The morphology of the masticatory apparatus facilitates muscle force production at wide jaw gapes in tree-gouging common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). 
  • The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems. 
  • The relationship between biomechanical variables and driving performance during the golf swing. 
  • The repeatability of scapular rotations across three planes of humeral elevation. 
  • The role of biomechanics and inflammation in cartilage injury and repair. 
  • The role of fatigue in susceptibility to acute muscle strain injury. 
  • The role of the cytoskeleton in the viscoelastic properties of human articular chondrocytes. 
  • The role of the interosseous talocalcaneal ligament in subtalar joint stability. 
  • The role of upper torso and pelvis rotation in driving performance during the golf swing. 
  • The spectrum of MR imaging in athletic pubalgia. 
  • The study of wall deformation and flow distribution with transmural pressure by three-dimensional model of thoracic aorta wall. 
  • The transient relationship between pressure and volume in the pediatric pulmonary system. 
  • The tubercles on humpback whales' flippers: application of bio-inspired technology. 
  • The upper limb of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • Three-dimensional finite element modeling of pericellular matrix and cell mechanics in the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk based on in situ morphology. 
  • Titanium with aligned, elongated pores for orthopedic tissue engineering applications. 
  • Total ankle replacement: why, when and how? 
  • Trabecular architecture in the StW 352 fossil hominin calcaneus. 
  • Trabecular bone in the bird knee responds with high sensitivity to changes in load orientation. 
  • Transtibial versus independent drilling techniques for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. 
  • Traversing the basement membrane in vivo: a diversity of strategies. 
  • Treatment of acute distal femur fractures. 
  • Treatment planning and biomechanics of distraction osteogenesis from an orthodontic perspective. 
  • Ultrasonic characterization of the nonlinear properties of canine livers by measuring shear wave speed and axial strain with increasing portal venous pressure. 
  • Understanding and preventing noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a review of the Hunt Valley II meeting, January 2005. 
  • Understanding hind limb weight support in chimpanzees with implications for the evolution of primate locomotion. 
  • Understanding the Physiological Significance of Four Inertial Gait Features in Multiple Sclerosis. 
  • Unified biophysical mechanism for cell-shape oscillations and cell ingression. 
  • Unifying constructal theory for scale effects in running, swimming and flying. 
  • Urea transport in a distributed loop model of the urine-concentrating mechanism. 
  • Use of surface electromyography to estimate neck muscle activity. 
  • Using ground reaction force to predict knee kinetic asymmetry following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Validation of a video-based motion analysis technique in 3-D dynamic scapular kinematic measurements. 
  • Vasoactive effects of substance P on isolated rabbit pulmonary artery. 
  • Virtual active touch using randomly patterned intracortical microstimulation. 
  • Viscoelastic properties of muscle-tendon units. The biomechanical effects of stretching. 
  • Viscoelastic properties of the cervical spinal ligaments under fast strain-rate deformations. 
  • Viscoelastic properties of the diastolic left ventricle in the conscious dog. 
  • Viscoelastic properties of zonal articular chondrocytes measured by atomic force microscopy. 
  • Waddling and toddling: the biomechanical effects of an immature gait. 
  • Wear and Osteolysis of Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene at 10 to 14 Years: The Effect of Femoral Head Size. 
  • What Is the Mid-term Failure Rate of Revision ACL Reconstruction? A Systematic Review. 
  • X-ray diffraction evidence for myosin-troponin connections and tropomyosin movement during stretch activation of insect flight muscle. 
  • [Vector mathematical model for the analysis of complex movements in 3-dimensional space exemplified by the divided symphysis] 
  • beta-Catenin protects the epidermis from mechanical stresses. 
  • β-Catenin modulation in neurofibromatosis type 1 bone repair: therapeutic implications. 
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  • Allori, Alexander C, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
  • Attarian, David Edward, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Barfield, Raymond Carlton, Professor of Pediatrics, Duke Science & Society
  • Bennett, Vann, George B. Geller Professor for Research in Molecular Biology in the School of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Craciunescu, Oana, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Gall, Ken, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Information Initiative at Duke
  • Hoffman, Brenton D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Malkin, Robert A., Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke Science & Society
  • Nightingale, Kathryn Radabaugh, Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Nightingale, Roger W, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Olson, Steven Arthur, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Professor of Urology, Surgery
  • Randles, Amanda, Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering
  • Segars, William Paul, Associate Professor in Radiology, Radiology
  • Wax, Adam P., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Zhong, Pei, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Enginnering and Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science