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The Mobilize Center and Restore Center at Stanford University invite you to join our next webinar, featuring Allison Clouthier from the University of Ottawa and Erin Lee from the University of Waterloo.
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Title: Integrating Bone and Joint Geometry into Musculoskeletal Models
Speaker: Allison L. Clouthier, PhD, University of Ottawa and Erin C.S. Lee, PhD, University of Waterloo
Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Registration: Click here to register
ABSTRACT
Bone and joint geometry vary widely among people, and certain shape features are associated with injury risk and disease severity. However, associations alone cannot help clinicians decide whether or how they should account for individual bone shape in their treatment plan. In this webinar, Dr. Clouthier and Dr. Lee will discuss how musculoskeletal models that account for joint variation can provide insight into the shape-function relationships and help explain why certain features increase a person’s risk of injury.
In the first part of the webinar, Dr. Lee will provide an overview of statistical shape modelling and present broad approaches for integrating geometry into musculoskeletal models. Dr. Clouthier will then show how variations in knee geometry alter joint kinematics, contact force, and contact pressure in walking.
In the second part of the webinar, Dr. Clouthier will lead a tutorial for mapping soft tissue attachment sites across bone shapes generated from a statistical shape model. Through an interactive Google Colab notebook, attendees will learn how to 1) interpret an existing statistical shape model, and 2) transfer soft tissue attachment sites across theoretical bone shapes for input into a musculoskeletal model.
Clouthier AL, Smith CR, Vignos MF, Thelen DG, Deluzio KJ, and Rainbow MJ (2019). The effect of articular geometry features identified using statistical shape modelling on knee biomechanics. Medical Engineering & Physics. doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2019.02.009
DETAILS
Title: Integrating Bone and Joint Geometry into Musculoskeletal Models
Speaker: Allison L. Clouthier, PhD, University of Ottawa and Erin C.S. Lee, PhD, University of Waterloo
Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Registration: Click here to register
ABSTRACT
Bone and joint geometry vary widely among people, and certain shape features are associated with injury risk and disease severity. However, associations alone cannot help clinicians decide whether or how they should account for individual bone shape in their treatment plan. In this webinar, Dr. Clouthier and Dr. Lee will discuss how musculoskeletal models that account for joint variation can provide insight into the shape-function relationships and help explain why certain features increase a person’s risk of injury.
In the first part of the webinar, Dr. Lee will provide an overview of statistical shape modelling and present broad approaches for integrating geometry into musculoskeletal models. Dr. Clouthier will then show how variations in knee geometry alter joint kinematics, contact force, and contact pressure in walking.
In the second part of the webinar, Dr. Clouthier will lead a tutorial for mapping soft tissue attachment sites across bone shapes generated from a statistical shape model. Through an interactive Google Colab notebook, attendees will learn how to 1) interpret an existing statistical shape model, and 2) transfer soft tissue attachment sites across theoretical bone shapes for input into a musculoskeletal model.
Clouthier AL, Smith CR, Vignos MF, Thelen DG, Deluzio KJ, and Rainbow MJ (2019). The effect of articular geometry features identified using statistical shape modelling on knee biomechanics. Medical Engineering & Physics. doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2019.02.009