... biomechanics of the lumbar spine with RIPF, and also to compare biomechanical differences between two postoperative stages (before and after bony fusion). Based on an intact finite-element model of lumbosacral spine, the models of single-level LIF with RIPF or conventional PSF were developed and were computed...

... in uni-axial tension, which may lead to quite different from the response in a more physiological biomechanical environment, such as inflation by IOP. Our current setup using the commercial uni-axial stretcher did not allow us to simulate the more complex conditions in the eye. IOP inflation testing...

...Jonathan Camargo; Krishan Bhakta; Kinsey Herrin; Aaron Young Active prostheses can provide net positive work to individuals with amputation, offering more versatility across locomotion tasks than passive prostheses. However, the effect of powered joints on bilateral biomechanics has not been widely...

... injuries on joint kinematics and ACL tensional force during the dynamic motion of walking. 1 Corresponding author. e-mail:  skoo@kaist.ac.kr 04 01 2022 17 06 2022 19 08 2022 anterior cruciate ligament partial tear biomechanics gait analysis The anterior cruciate...

... properties of the annulus. e-mail:  sino9020@mylaurier.ca 1 Corresponding author. e-mail:  dgregory@wlu.ca 28 02 2022 06 06 2022 01 07 2022 annulus fibrosus intervertebral disc biomechanics tensile properties stiffness Natural Sciences and Engineering Research...

... models can provide clinically relevant insights into normative and pathological biomechanical responses of the spine, and also contribute to the development and optimization of clinical interventions for spine deformities. 1 Corresponding author. e-mail:  sri.bala@drexel.edu 07 10 2021...

... equations. A muscle force model capable of being calibrated and then used to predict joint contact and surrounding tissue loading is critical in advancing biomechanics research areas like injury prevention, performance optimization, and tissue engineering, among others. This model's foundation...

... of 52.4%. Future work will examine sensitivity analyses to identify any potential simplifications to the model and solution process, as well as validate the model on a more complex joint system to ensure it still performs at a satisfactory level. muscle forces EMG dimensional analysis biomechanics...

... cardiovascular risk biomechanics abdominal aortic aneurysm American Heart Association 10.13039/100000968 13PRE16850008 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 10.13039/100006108 3 UL1 TR002378 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 10.13039/100000060...

... contusion, occurring in up to 75% of blunt thoracic trauma cases. The source and effects of pulmonary contusion caused by blunt lung injury are not well defined, especially within the field of continuum biomechanics. This, paired with unreliable diagnostics for pulmonary contusion, leads to uncertainty...

... Human and Animal Movement ,” PLoS Comput. Biol. , 14 ( 7 ), p. e1006223 . 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006223 [13] Quental , C. , Folgado , J. , and Ambròsio , J. , 2016 , “ A Window Moving Inverse Dynamics Optimization for Biomechanics of Motion ,” Multibody Syst. Dyn...

...Junjun Zhu; Jason Forman Finite element (FE) modeling has been used as a research tool for investigating underlying ligaments biomechanics and orthopedic applications. However, FE models of the ligament in the foot have been developed with various configurations, mainly due to their complex three...

...Nathan J. Witt; Alan E. Woessner; Kyle P. Quinn; Edward A. Sander Skin is a complex tissue whose biomechanical properties are generally understood in terms of an incompressible material whose microstructure undergoes affine deformations. A growing number of experiments, however, have demonstrated...

... guidelines for youth pitchers. 1 Corresponding author. 06 04 2021 27 10 2021 17 12 2021 baseball biomechanics pitching motion analysis body mass index W.M. Keck Foundation 10.13039/100000888 N/A Over the past few decades, pitching-related injury...

...Balaji Rengarajan; Sourav S. Patnaik; Ender A. Finol Rupture risk assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) by means of quantifying wall stress is a common biomechanical strategy. However, the clinical translation of this approach has been greatly limited due to the complexity associated...

...Hunter J. Bennett; Justin A. Haegele Research examining gait biomechanics of persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has grown significantly in recent years and has demonstrated that persons with ASD walk at slower self-selected speeds and with shorter strides, wider step widths, and reduced...

... Safety Design ,” Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD, Report No. UM-HSRI-77-17 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/684 [28] Winter , D. A. , 1991 , The Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Gait: Normal, Elderly and Pathological , University of Waterloo Press , Waterloo...

...Harry J. Carpenter; Alireza Gholipour; Mergen H. Ghayesh; Anthony C. Zander; Peter J. Psaltis A fluid–structure interaction-based biomechanical model of the entire left anterior descending coronary artery is developed from in vivo imaging via the finite element method in this paper. Included...

...T. Whyte; J. B. Barker; D. S. Cronin; G. A. Dumas; L.-P. Nolte; P. A. Cripton The cervical spine experiences shear forces during everyday activities and injurious events yet there is a paucity of biomechanical data characterizing the cervical spine under shear loading. This study aimed to (1...

...@ugto.mx e-mail:  h_moreno@uadec.edu.mx 16 05 2020 10 01 2021 12 03 2021 biomechanics tibiofemoral joint ligament length variation kinematic model Kinematic models are powerful tools to predict the performance of biological structures and to solve important issues...