Biomechanics

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 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 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 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 new model predicting locomotor cost from limb length via force production. 
  • A partial pelvis of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • A three-dimensional biomechanical analysis of sumo and conventional style deadlifts. 
  • 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. 
  • Alterations in the mechanical behavior of the human lumbar nucleus pulposus with degeneration and aging. 
  • Anabolic steroids. 
  • Anisotropic and inhomogeneous tensile behavior of the human anulus fibrosus: experimental measurement and material model predictions. 
  • Applied biomechanics in articular injuries: perspectives in the basic investigation of articular injuries and clinical application. 
  • Assessment of pelvic ring stability after injury. Indications for surgical stabilization. 
  • Augmentation of posterior wall acetabular fracture fixation using calcium-phosphate cement: a biomechanical analysis. 
  • 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. 
  • 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 characteristics of human ankle ligaments. 
  • Biomechanical consequences of PCL deficiency in the knee under simulated muscle loads--an in vitro experimental study. 
  • Biomechanical consequences of anterior column fracture of the acetabulum. 
  • Biomechanical evaluation of a low anterior wall fracture: correlation with the CT subchondral arc. 
  • Biomechanical evaluation of impaction fractures of the femoral head. 
  • Biomechanics of running indicates endothermy in bipedal dinosaurs. 
  • Biomechanics: deadly strike mechanism of a mantis shrimp. 
  • Blood flow and oxygen uptake increase with total power during five different knee-extension contraction rates. 
  • Cell mechanics and mechanobiology in the intervertebral disc. 
  • Cell mechanics: dissecting the physical responses of cells to force. 
  • Cervical spine injuries in pediatric athletes: mechanisms and management. 
  • Colonic irritation in the rat sensitizes urinary bladder afferents to mechanical and chemical stimuli: an afferent origin of pelvic organ cross-sensitization. 
  • Comparative functional analysis of skull morphology of tree-gouging primates. 
  • Consequences of transverse acetabular fracture malreduction on load transmission across the hip joint. 
  • Control and function of arm swing in human walking and running. 
  • Cruciate ligament force during the wall squat and the one-leg squat. 
  • Cyclic loading alters biomechanical properties and secretion of PGE2 and NO from tendon explants. 
  • Design features of current total ankle replacements: implants and instrumentation. 
  • Designing a biomechanics investigation: choosing the right model. 
  • Development of an experimental system for the study of urethral biomechanical function. 
  • Diastolic anisotropic properties of the left ventricle in the conscious dog. 
  • Diet and dental topography in pitheciine seed predators. 
  • Differences in plantar loading between flat and normal feet during different athletic tasks. 
  • Dynamic responses of the head and cervical spine to axial impact loading. 
  • Effect of laterally wedged foot orthoses on rearfoot and hip mechanics in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Experimental observation, theoretical models, and biomechanical inference in the study of mandibular form. 
  • Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus. 
  • Feasibility of using orthogonal fluoroscopic images to measure in vivo joint kinematics. 
  • Flexion and extension structural properties and strengths for male cervical spine segments. 
  • Flexor tendon tissue engineering: bioreactor cyclic strain increases construct strength. 
  • Force plate for measuring the ground reaction forces in small animal locomotion. 
  • From articular fracture to posttraumatic arthritis: a black box that needs to be opened. 
  • 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). 
  • Gait analysis of patients with resurfacing hip arthroplasty compared with hip osteoarthritis and standard total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Grasping primate origins. 
  • 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. 
  • Impact of psychosocial factors, pain, and functional limitations on throwing athletes who return to sport following elbow injuries: a case series. 
  • In vitro comparison of fragmentation efficiency of flexible pneumatic lithotripsy using 2 flexible ureteroscopes. 
  • 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 kinematics of the ACL during weight-bearing knee flexion. 
  • In vivo tibiofemoral contact analysis using 3D MRI-based knee models. 
  • Influence of curvature dynamics on pulsatile coronary artery flow in a realistic bifurcation model. 
  • Isolated acute hip adductor brevis strain. 
  • 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 characterization of standing reach: comparison of younger vs. older subjects. 
  • Large deformation finite element analysis of micropipette aspiration to determine the mechanical properties of the chondrocyte. 
  • Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike. 
  • Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominins. 
  • Lower extremity biomechanics during the landing of a stop-jump task. 
  • Management of iatrogenic flat-back syndrome. 
  • Management of medial-sided knee injuries, part 2: posteromedial corner. 
  • Mechanical behavior of articular cartilage in shear is altered by transection of the anterior cruciate ligament. 
  • Mechanical defenses in leaves eaten by Costa Rican howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata). 
  • Mechanical properties of a dental ceramic coated by RF magnetron sputtering. 
  • Mechanical unfolding intermediates in titin modules. 
  • Mechanics considerations for microporous titanium as an orthopedic implant material. 
  • Mechanisms of basilar skull fracture. 
  • Mechanisms of hyperoxic injury to the pulmonary microcirculation. 
  • Mechanoreception at the cellular level: the detection, interpretation, and diversity of responses to mechanical signals. 
  • Micropipette aspiration of living cells. 
  • Multifunctionality and mechanical origins: ballistic jaw propulsion in trap-jaw ants. 
  • Muscle strain injuries: clinical and basic aspects. 
  • Nonmuscle myosin II generates forces that transmit tension and drive contraction in multiple tissues during dorsal closure. 
  • Numerical investigation and prediction of atherogenic sites in branching arteries. 
  • Ontogeny of feeding motor patterns in infant rats: an electromyographic analysis of suckling and chewing. 
  • Passive biaxial mechanical properties of the rat bladder wall after spinal cord injury. 
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Predicting the energy cost of terrestrial locomotion: a test of the LiMb model in humans and quadrupeds. 
  • Prenatal exposure to ethanol decreases the sensitivity of the adult rat hippocampus to N-methyl-D-aspartate. 
  • Prolonged total circulatory support using direct mechanical ventricular actuation. 
  • Protein phosphorylation: hormones, drugs, and bioregulation. 
  • Proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure. 
  • Pulsatile blood flow effects on temperature distribution and heat transfer in rigid vessels. 
  • Quantitative microscopy and nanoscopy of sickle red blood cells performed by wide field digital interferometry. 
  • Quantum mechanics simulation of protein dynamics on long timescale. 
  • Reliability of measurements of concentric and eccentric isokinetic loading. 
  • Retention of adaptive control over varying intervals: prevention of slip- induced backward balance loss during gait. 
  • Sensing heart stress. 
  • Shortcuts in arthroscopic knot tying: do they affect knot and loop security? 
  • Static linear and nonlinear elastic properties of normal and arterialized venous tissue in dog and man. 
  • Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp. 
  • Symphyseal fusion and jaw-adductor muscle force: an EMG study. 
  • Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: an EMG study. 
  • Tensile failure properties of the perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric cadaveric cervical spine. 
  • Tensile mechanical properties of the perinatal and pediatric PMHS osteoligamentous cervical spine. 
  • The 6 degrees of freedom kinematics of the knee after anterior cruciate ligament deficiency: an in vivo imaging analysis. 
  • The Laetoli footprints and early hominin locomotor kinematics. 
  • The biomechanics of cervical spine injury and implications for injury prevention. 
  • The captured launch of a ballistospore. 
  • The constructal-law physics of why swimmers must spread their fingers and toes. 
  • The development of posttraumatic arthritis after articular fracture. 
  • The effect of anterior cruciate ligament deficiency on the in vivo elongation of the medial and lateral collateral ligaments. 
  • The effect of indomethacin on Achilles tendon healing in rabbits. 
  • The effect of posterior knee capsulotomy on posterior tibial translation during posterior cruciate ligament tibial inlay reconstruction. 
  • The effect of total hip arthroplasty surgical approach on postoperative gait mechanics. 
  • The effect of variable size posterior wall acetabular fractures on contact characteristics of the hip joint. 
  • The effects of feedback with and without strength training on lower extremity biomechanics. 
  • 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 human cervical spine in tension: effects of frame and fixation compliance on structural responses. 
  • The human gluteus maximus and its role in running. 
  • The human mandible: lever or link? 
  • 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 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 micromechanical environment of intervertebral disc cells: effect of matrix anisotropy and cell geometry predicted by a linear model. 
  • The repeatability of scapular rotations across three planes of humeral elevation. 
  • The role of biomechanics and inflammation in cartilage injury and repair. 
  • The tubercles on humpback whales' flippers: application of bio-inspired technology. 
  • The upper limb of Australopithecus sediba. 
  • Titanium with aligned, elongated pores for orthopedic tissue engineering applications. 
  • Trabecular bone in the bird knee responds with high sensitivity to changes in load orientation. 
  • Understanding hind limb weight support in chimpanzees with implications for the evolution of primate locomotion. 
  • Unifying constructal theory for scale effects in running, swimming and flying. 
  • Use of surface electromyography to estimate neck muscle activity. 
  • Validation of a video-based motion analysis technique in 3-D dynamic scapular kinematic measurements. 
  • Viscoelastic characteristics of muscle: passive stretching versus muscular contractions. 
  • Viscoelastic properties of the cervical spinal ligaments under fast strain-rate deformations. 
  • Viscoelastic properties of the diastolic left ventricle in the conscious dog. 
  • Waddling and toddling: the biomechanical effects of an immature gait. 
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  • Reynaga, Crystal, Postdoctoral Associate, Biology